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  • Visual Perception

Background:

  • Explicit memory tests sometimes rely on implicit memory.
  • Implicit recognition may stem from perceptual fluency without conscious recall.
  • The role of visual hemifield presentation in implicit recognition is unclear.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if implicit recognition is affected by visual hemifield consistency between encoding and retrieval.
  • To determine if perceptual fluency in specific visual cortical networks drives implicit recognition.

Main Methods:

  • Participants viewed kaleidoscope images presented in either the left or right visual hemifield during a divided-attention encoding phase.
  • Recognition accuracy was assessed using a memory test where images were presented in the same or different visual hemifields as during encoding.
  • Analysis focused on recognition accuracy, particularly for guess responses, across different hemifield conditions.

Main Results:

  • Higher recognition accuracy was observed when images were presented in the same visual hemifield at test compared to the opposite hemifield, but only for guess responses.
  • Correct guess responses were more frequent when the visual hemifield was consistent between study and test.
  • This effect was more pronounced for guesses than for confident responses.

Conclusions:

  • Implicit recognition is influenced by the spatial consistency of visual hemifield presentation between learning and testing.
  • This finding supports the hypothesis that implicit recognition relies on perceptual fluency mediated by visual cortical networks.
  • Repetition-induced fluency increments in these networks likely contribute to memory storage and retrieval without awareness.