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Confidence-accuracy characteristic (CAC) plots reveal that high confidence generally predicts high accuracy in recognition memory tasks. However, the strength of this relationship depends on the calculation method and item relatedness.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive psychology
  • Memory research

Background:

  • Confidence-accuracy characteristic (CAC) plots are established tools for eyewitness identification.
  • Previous research indicates a strong link between high confidence and accuracy in unbiased eyewitness lineups.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To apply CAC plots to old/new recognition memory data.
  • To investigate the confidence-accuracy relationship in recognition memory using different calculation methods.

Main Methods:

  • Reanalyzed three published datasets using standard old/new recognition memory paradigms.
  • Calculated response-based and item-based accuracy, considering both false alarms and misses.
  • Examined the confidence-accuracy relationship for correct old responses (hits) and correct new responses (correct rejections).
Keywords:
Confidence-accuracy characteristic plotaccuracyconfidencerecognition memory

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Main Results:

  • The method of CAC plot calculation and the relationship between lures and targets significantly influence the confidence-accuracy relationship.
  • High confidence generally corresponds to high accuracy for hits, particularly when lures are unrelated to targets.
  • The confidence-accuracy relationship is less pronounced for correct rejections and varies when lures are semantically related to targets.

Conclusions:

  • CAC plots offer a valuable analytical tool for recognition memory studies.
  • The findings align with unequal-variance signal detection models of recognition memory.
  • The relationship between confidence and accuracy in recognition memory is nuanced and depends on methodological choices and stimulus properties.