Memory discrimination for self-performed and imagined acts: bizarreness effects in false recognition

Article Abstract:

Research findings show that bizarreness, or unusual action events, can produce both memory-inhibiting and memory-facilitating effects. Data were obtained from tests comparing the effects of common, previously experienced action events and unusual, previously experienced action events on memory distortion.

Testing, Recognition (Psychology), Recognition (Memory)

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Central tendencies, extreme points, and prototype enhancement effects in ill-defined perceptual categorization

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Research indicates that category prototypes can occasionally be categorized more accurately as psychological extreme points compared to contrast categories. Extreme point representation was also found to be a good fit for novel prototype patterns such as grid patterns and symmetry structure patterns.

Perception, Perception (Psychology), Visual discrimination, Categorization (Psychology)

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The effect of imageability and predicability of cues in autobiographical memory

Article Abstract:

The effect of imagery on autobiographical memory is examined, focusing on how different sensory imagery, such as visual or auditory imagery, affects specificity of memory. Topics include memory retrieval process, predictability ratings, and semantic connections to images.

Psychological aspects, Figures of speech, Imagery (Psychology)

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