Hanczakowski, M., Zawadzka, K. and Macken, B. (2015) Continued effects of context reinstatement in recognition. Memory and Cognition , 43 (5). pp. 788-797. ISSN 0090-502X
Abstract
The context reinstatement effect refers to the enhanced memory performance found when the context information paired with a target item at study is re-presented at test. Here we investigated the consequences of the way that context information is processed in such a setting that gives rise to its beneficial effect on item recognition memory. Specifically, we assessed whether reinstating context in a recognition test facilitates subsequent memory for this context, beyond the facilitation conferred by presentation of the same context with a different study item. Reinstating the study context at test led to better accuracy in two-alternative forced choice recognition for target faces than did re-pairing those faces with another context encountered during the study phase. The advantage for reinstated over re-paired conditions occurred for both within-subjects (Exp. 1) and between-subjects (Exp. 2) manipulations. Critically, in a subsequent recognition test for the contexts themselves, contexts that had previously served in the reinstated condition were recognized better than contexts that had previously served in the re-paired context condition. This constitutes the first demonstration of continuous effects of context reinstatement on memory for context.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 Springer Verlag . This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Memory and Cognition. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Context effects; Recognition; Recollection |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Psychology (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 15 Sep 2017 11:32 |
Last Modified: | 29 Mar 2018 10:56 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-014-0502-2 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer Verlag |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.3758/s13421-014-0502-2 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:120792 |