Continued effects of context reinstatement in recognition

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Hanczakowski, M., Zawadzka, K. ORCID: 0000-0003-0214-1184 and Macken, B., 2015. Continued effects of context reinstatement in recognition. Memory & Cognition, 43 (5), pp. 788-797. ISSN 0090-502X

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13421-014-0502-2

Abstract

The context reinstatement effect refers to the enhanced memory performance found when the context information paired with a target item at study is re-‐presented at test. Here we investigated the consequences of the way context information is processed in such a setting that gives rise to its beneficial effect on item recognition memory. Specifically, we assessed whether reinstating context in a recognition test facilitates subsequent memory for this context beyond facilitation conferred by presentation of the same context with a different study item. Reinstating study context at test led to better accuracy in 2-‐alternative forced choice recognition for target faces than did re-‐pairing those faces with another context encountered during the study phase. The advantage for reinstated over re-‐paired conditions occurred for both within (Experiment 1) and between subjects (Experiment 2) manipulations. Critically, in a subsequent recognition test for the contexts themselves, contexts serving previously in the reinstated condition were recognized better than contexts serving previously in the re-‐paired context condition. This constitutes the first demonstration of continuous effects of context reinstatement for memory for context.

Item Type:

Journal article

Publication Title:

Memory & Cognition

Creators:

Hanczakowski, M., Zawadzka, K. and Macken, B.

Publisher:

Springer/The Psychonomic Society

Place of Publication:

U.S.A.

Date:

2015