Recognition memory
PSY 373, Human Memory
October 18, 2006
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Measuring Recognition Memory: Analyzing Ability to Identify Past Information, Exams of Psychology
An overview of recognition memory, a type of memory where the ability to distinguish old from new stimuli is assessed. Various recognition tests, including two-alternative forced choice (2-afc) and yes/no recognition, and discusses the importance of confidence levels and signal detection theory in evaluating recognition performance. The document also introduces the concept of receiver operating characteristic (roc) curves and z-roc curves for assessing memory at different criteria.
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Recognition memory
PSY 373, Human Memory
October 18, 2006
Housekeeping
- Should have handed in Sternberg Search experiment report on Monday.
- Next experiment report is Implicit Learning, complete by October 25, due on Oct 30.
- Oct 30 also exam review. Exam 2 on Nov 1.
Reading on recognition
- Chapter 9, Neath & Suprenant
- Chapter 2, Kahana, Foundations of Human Memory, Supplemental reading on-line.
- Spiffy signal-detection tutorial.
Important stuff from last time
- Hmmm...i wasn’t here, was i?
Overview of Today’s Material
- Measuring recognition memory
- Types of recognition test.
- Hit rate, false alarm rate
- Signal detection theory
- ROC curves and zROC curves.
What is recognition memory?
- In recall tasks, you have to generate the stimulus
- In recognition, you are given the stimulus and have to assess your memory for it.
- As a control, you’re asked for your memory for lures, items that were not presented.
- Memory is assessed by the ability to distinguish old from new.
Types of recognition tests
- Two alternative forced choice (2-AFC) vs yes/no recognition.
- Confidence levels in yes/no recognition.
- Item recognition vs associative recognition.
2-AFC recognition vs yes/no
recognition
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