The interaction between the production effect and serial position in recognition and recall

Gionet, Sébastien, Guitard, Dominic and Saint-Aubin, Jean 2024. The interaction between the production effect and serial position in recognition and recall. Experimental Psychology 10.1027/1618-3169/a000623

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Abstract

In memory tasks, items read aloud are better remembered than their silently read counterparts. This production effect is often interpreted by assuming a distinctiveness benefit for produced items, but whether this benefit also comes at a cost remains up for debate. In recall tasks, when pure lists are used in which all items are produced or read silently, studies have shown a better recall of produced items at the last serial positions, but a lower recall at the first positions. This cost of production has been interpreted by assuming that production interferes with rehearsal. However, in recognition tasks, models typically assume that the distinctiveness benefit for produced items comes at no cost. Across four experiments, participants completed a 2AFC recognition test, an old–new recognition test or an immediate serial recall test. List length was also manipulated. Results show that although the production effect is larger at the last serial positions, the cross-over interaction between the production effect and serial position observed in recall was not present in recognition. These results suggest that task-related differences in the production effect may inform us about the modulation of basic memory processes by task demands.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	In Press
Schools:	Psychology
Publisher:	Hogrefe
ISSN:	1618-3169
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	11 September 2024
Date of Acceptance:	29 August 2024
Last Modified:	06 Nov 2024 12:45
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/172047

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