Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Exact and conceptual repetition dissociate conceptual memory tests: problems for transfer appropriate processing

K B McDermott1, H L Roediger

  • 1Department of Psychology, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005-1892, USA. kmcd@rice.edu

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology = Revue Canadienne De Psychologie Experimentale
|March 1, 1996
PubMed
Summary

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Cognitive psychology. Forgetting the presidents.

Science (New York, N.Y.)·2014
Same author

Inhibiting effects of recall.

Memory & cognition·2013
Same author

Inferring decay in short-term memory: The issue of capacity.

Memory & cognition·2013
Same author

Editorial.

Psychonomic bulletin & review·2013
Same author

Evaluating functional MRI procedures for assessing hemispheric language dominance in neurosurgical patients.

Neuroradiology·2005
Same author

Functional MRI reveals an interhemispheric dissociation of frontal and temporal language regions in a patient with focal epilepsy.

Epilepsy & behavior : E&B·2003

Conceptual implicit memory tests, like category instance generation, do not always show repetition effects seen in free recall. This challenges the transfer-appropriate processing theory of memory.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Memory Research

Background:

  • Implicit memory tests are crucial for understanding memory processes.
  • The transfer-appropriate processing (TAP) theory predicts similar effects across conceptual memory tests.
  • Previous research indicates dissociations between explicit and implicit memory measures.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate conceptual repetition effects in category instance generation, an implicit memory test.
  • To compare these effects with those observed in free recall, an explicit memory test.
  • To evaluate the predictions of the transfer-appropriate processing theory regarding memory test dissociations.

Main Methods:

  • Three experiments were conducted using category instance generation and free recall tasks.

Related Experiment Videos

  • Conceptual repetition was manipulated by presenting word associates or picture-word pairs.
  • Relational processing instructions were varied in one experiment.

    • Main Results:

    • Conceptual repetition did not reliably enhance priming in category instance generation across experiments.
    • Free recall consistently showed effects of conceptual repetition and a picture superiority effect.
    • Relational processing instructions in the third experiment did enhance priming in category instance generation.

    Conclusions:

    • Conceptual memory tests, specifically category instance generation, can be dissociated from free recall.
    • The findings challenge the transfer-appropriate processing theory's assumption of parallel effects across conceptual tests.
    • Memory test performance is sensitive to processing depth and item characteristics, leading to dissociations.