Investigating the reinstatement effect in recognition memory.
Lead Research Organisation:
Lancaster University
Department Name: Psychology
Abstract
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| Stephen Dewhurst (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Dewhurst S
(2010)
Investigating the encoding-retrieval match in recognition memory: Effects of experimental design, specificity, and retention interval
in Memory & Cognition
Lauren Knott (author)
(1900)
Measuring the duration of the reinstatement effect
| Description | The results of the research support previous findings that reinstating encoding operations at test increases recognition accuracy. However, a number of important caveats were observed. For example, a reinstatement effect was reliably observed when read and generate conditions were manipulated within-groups, but the effect was reversed when read and generate conditions were manipulated between-groups. The findings also showed that the encoding-retrieval match is influenced by the specificity of the overlap between study and test conditions and can persist for up to 4 weeks after study. |
| Exploitation Route | The importance of ensuring that test conditions overlap as closely as possible with learning conditions has important educational implications. |
| Sectors | Education |
| Description | Findings have informed theories of memory, particularly those that emphasis the importance of the match between encoding and retrieval processes. No impact beyond academia as yet. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2010 |