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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Human Memory
  • Decision Making

Background:

  • Decision perseveration, where responses repeat across trials in recognition tests, is a known phenomenon.
  • This effect is often attributed to mnemonic information transfer between trials.
  • However, the role of motor action perseveration as an alternative explanation has not been fully explored.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To disentangle decision repetition from motor priming in recognition tests.
  • To determine if decision perseveration is an independent cognitive phenomenon.

Main Methods:

  • Three experiments were conducted to isolate decision repetition from motor responses.
  • Experiments involved manipulating hand use between trials and controlling mouse path repetition.
  • Response times and decision patterns were analyzed.

Main Results:

  • Decision repetition occurred even when participants switched hands between trials.
  • No difference in decision repetition was found when mouse paths could or could not repeat.
  • Repeating decisions showed a speed advantage, independent of motor priming.

Conclusions:

  • Decision perseveration in recognition tests is a cognitive effect, not solely a motor action.
  • The findings support theories of information transfer within mnemonic models.