Does ROC asymmetry reverse when detecting new stimuli? Reinvestigating whether the retrievability of mnemonic information is task-dependent.
Recently, it has been suggested that the mnemonic information that underlies recognition decisions changes when participants are asked to indicate whether a test stimulus is new rather than old (Brainerd et al., 2021, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory, and Cognition, advance online...
| Publicado en: | Memory & Cognition Vol. 51; no. 1; pp. 160 - 175 |
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Springer Nature
Jan2023
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=162013537&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 162013537 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 0090502X MEG jtl: Memory & Cognition issn: 0090502X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jan2023 vid: 51 iid: 1 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 162013537 10.3758/s13421-022-01346-7 ppf: 160 ppct: 15 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 2.5MB tig: atl: Does ROC asymmetry reverse when detecting new stimuli? Reinvestigating whether the retrievability of mnemonic information is task-dependent. aug: au: Meyer-Grant, Constantin G. Klauer, Karl Christoph affil: Department of Psychology, University of Freiburg, 79085, Freiburg, Germany su: Memory Recognition (Psychology) Psychology Psychophysics Confidence intervals Theory Descriptive statistics Chi-squared test Research funding Data analysis software sug: subj: Memory Recognition (Psychology) Psychology Psychophysics Confidence intervals Theory Descriptive statistics Chi-squared test Research funding Data analysis software keyword: Old–new recognition Recognition memory ROC asymmetry Signal detection theory Simultaneous detection and identification Old–new recognition Recognition memory ROC asymmetry Signal detection theory Simultaneous detection and identification ab: Recently, it has been suggested that the mnemonic information that underlies recognition decisions changes when participants are asked to indicate whether a test stimulus is new rather than old (Brainerd et al., 2021, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory, and Cognition, advance online publication). However, some observations that have been interpreted as evidence for this assertion need not be due to mnemonic changes, but may instead be the result of conservative response strategies if the possibility of asymmetric receiver operating characteristics (ROCs) is taken into account. Conversely, recent findings in support of asymmetric ROCs rely on the assumption that the mnemonic information accessed by the decision-maker does not depend on whether an old or a new item is considered to be the target Kellen et al. (2021, Psychological Review 128[6], 1022–1050). Here, we aim to clarify whether there is such a difference in accessibility of mnemonic information by applying signal detection theory. To this end, we used two versions of a simultaneous detection and identification task in which we presented participants with two test stimuli at a time. In one version, the old item was the target; in the other, the new item was the target. This allowed us to assess differences in mnemonic information retrieved in the two tasks while taking possible ROC asymmetry into account. Results clearly indicate that there is indeed a difference in the accessibility of mnemonic information as postulated by (Brainerd et al., 2021, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory, and Cognition, advance online publication). pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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