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Implicit and explicit memory for compound words

M T Reinitz1, J B Demb

  • 1Department of Psychology, Boston University, MA 02215.

Memory & Cognition
|November 1, 1994
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This study on word recognition found that memory for compound words is built from components. Priming effects in word-fragment completion tasks suggest memory construction, even for recombined words.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Experimental Psychology

Background:

  • Understanding how humans process and recall compound words is crucial for cognitive science.
  • Previous research suggests memory is reconstructive, but the role of component parts in compound word memory requires further investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate memory processes for visually presented compound words.
  • To determine how component parts of studied words influence recognition and identification in subsequent memory tasks.

Main Methods:

  • Participants studied compound words (e.g., TOOTHPASTE).
  • Tests included recognition, perceptual identification, and word-fragment completion with old, recombined, and new words.
  • Varying time constraints (20 sec vs. 5 sec) were used for word-fragment completion.

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Main Results:

  • False recognition of words increased with more studied components.
  • Perceptual identification showed priming only for previously studied words.
  • Word-fragment completion demonstrated priming for both studied and recombined words.
  • Time constraints did not alter the priming pattern for recombined words, suggesting a non-recollection-based strategy.

Conclusions:

  • Memory for compound words appears to be constructed from individual components.
  • Perceptual tasks rely on direct memory traces, while conceptual tasks utilize component-based reconstruction.
  • Findings support theories of constructive memory, particularly for tasks involving word fragments.