Humphreys, Michael S. and Tehan, Gerald and O'Shea, Annissa and Bolland, Scott W. (2000) Target similarity effects: support for the parallel distributed processing assumptions. Memory and Cognition, 28 (5). pp. 798-811. ISSN 0090-502X
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Abstract
Recent research has begun to provide support for the assumptions that memories are stored as a composite and are accessed in parallel (Tehan & Humphreys, 1998). New predictions derived from these assumptions and from the Chappell and Humphreys (1994)implementation of these assumptions were tested. In three experiments, subjects studied relatively short lists of words. Some of the lists contained two similar targets (thief and theft) or two dissimilar targets (thief and steal) associated with the same cue (ROBBERY). As predicted, target similarity affected performance in cued recall but not free association. Contrary to predictions, two spaced presentations of a target did not improve performance in free association. Two additional experiments confirmed and extended this finding. Several alternative explanations for the target similarity effect, which incorporate assumptions about separate representations and sequential search, are rejected. The importance of the finding that, in at least one implicit memory paradigm, repetition does not improve performance is also discussed.
| Item Type: | Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | target interaction effects; cued recall; memory |
| Fields of Research (FOR2008): | 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 1702 Cognitive Sciences > 170201 Computer Perception, Memory and Attention 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 1701 Psychology > 170103 Educational Psychology 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 1701 Psychology > 170110 Psychological Methodology, Design and Analysis |
| Subjects: | 380000 Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences > 380100 Psychology > 380102 Learning, Memory, Cognition and Language |
| Socio-Economic Objective (SEO2008): | E Expanding Knowledge > 97 Expanding Knowledge > 970117 Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences |
| ID Code: | 1968 |
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| Deposited On: | 11 Oct 2007 10:54 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Jul 2012 16:54 |
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