Context familiarity is a third kind of episodic memory distinct from item familiarity and recollection
Summary: Episodic memory is accounted for with two processes: “familiarity” when generally recognizing an item and “recollection” when retrieving the full contextual details bound with the item. We tested a combination of item recognition confidence and source memory, focusing upon three conditions:...
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2024-12-01
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| Series: | iScience |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004224026646 |
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| Summary: | Summary: Episodic memory is accounted for with two processes: “familiarity” when generally recognizing an item and “recollection” when retrieving the full contextual details bound with the item. We tested a combination of item recognition confidence and source memory, focusing upon three conditions: “item-only hits with source unknown” (‘item familiarity’), “low-confidence hits with correct source memory” (‘context familiarity’), and “high-confidence hits with correct source memory” (‘recollection’). Behaviorally, context familiarity was slower than the others during item recognition, but faster during source memory. Electrophysiologically, a triple dissociation was evident in event-related potentials (ERPs), which was independently replicated. Context familiarity exhibited a negative effect from 800 to 1200 ms, differentiated from positive ERPs for item-familiarity (400–600 ms) and recollection (600–900 ms). These three conditions thus reflect mutually exclusive, fundamentally different processes of episodic memory, and we offer a new, tri-component model of memory. Context familiarity is a third distinct process of episodic memory. |
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| ISSN: | 2589-0042 |