Strength cues and blocking at test promote reliable within-list criterion shifts in recognition memory

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 742-754

  Hicks, Jason L ^a   Starns, Jeffrey J ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Criterion shifts; Memory strength; Mirror effects; Recognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902368314     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: 15325946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-014-0397-y     Document Type: Article

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