Continued effects of context reinstatement in recognition

Hanczakowski, MacIej ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8980-4918, Zawadzka, Katarzyna and Macken, William John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2928-656X 2015. Continued effects of context reinstatement in recognition. Memory and Cognition 43 (5) , pp. 788-797. 10.3758/s13421-014-0502-2

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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.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Psychology
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Publisher:	Springer
ISSN:	0090-502X
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 March 2016
Last Modified:	14 Nov 2024 02:15
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/68707

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