Mental Recall

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Perceiving an object and its context in different cultures: a cultural look at new look.

In two studies, a newly devised test (framed-line test) was used to examine the hypothesis that individuals engaging in Asian cultures are more capable of incorporating contextual information and those engaging in North American cultures are more capable ...
Shinobu Kitayama, Sean Duffy, Tadashi Kawamura, Jeff T Larsen (Psychol Sci, 200305)
perceiving-object-context-different-cultures-cultural-look-new-look.asp

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Good pitch memory is widespread.

Here we show that good pitch memory is widespread among adults with no musical training. We tested unselected college students on their memory for the pitch level of instrumental soundtracks from familiar television programs. Participants heard 5-s ...
E Glenn Schellenberg, Sandra E Trehub (Psychol Sci, 200305)
good-pitch-memory-widespread.asp

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Remembering the forgotten? Reminiscence, hypermnesia and memory for order.

Three experiments established that repeated testing affects item and order retention differently: Hypermnesia was found with repeated free recall tests, whereas net performance declined significantly across successive free reconstruction of order tests. ...
Matthew R Kelley, James S Nairne (Q J Exp Psychol A, 200305)
remembering-forgotten-reminiscence-hypermnesia-memory-order.asp

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Long-term flashbulb memory for learning of Princess Dianas death.

Flashbulb memories are unusually vivid recollections of the circumstances in which one first learns of a shocking and emotionally arousing event. In the present study we examined students memories concerning the death of Diana. Princess of Wales. ...
Susan L Hornstein, Alan S Brown, Neil W Mulligan (Memory, 200305)
long-term-flashbulb-memory-learning-princess-diana-s-death.asp

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The role of sensory preconditioning in memory retrieval by preverbal infants.

Infants memories are highly specific to their training stimuli; they rarely transfer learned responding. In two experiments, we asked whether sensory preconditioning facilitates the transfer of deferred imitation. In Experiments 1A and 1B, 6-month-olds ...
Rachel Barr, Heidi Marrott, Carolyn Rovee-Collier (Learn Behav, 200305)
role-sensory-preconditioning-memory-retrieval-preverbal-infants.asp

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Differential effects in humans after repeated administrations of zolpidem and triazolam.

Zolpidem, a commonly prescribed hypnotic, is an imidazopyridine that purportedly has a unique benzodiazepine-receptor binding profile. Despite its unique binding profile, human laboratory experiments have generally failed to demonstrate meaningful ...
William W Stoops, Craig R Rush (Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse, 200305)
differential-effects-humans-after-repeated-administrations-zolpidem.asp

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A cross-modal weapon focus effect: The influence of a weapons presence on memory for auditory information.

To examine whether a weapons presence impairs witnesses memory for auditory information (as it impairs memory for visual information), we conducted two experiments in which undergraduates watched one version of a videotape depicting a male target who ...
Kerri L Pickel, Tricia A French, Jessica M Betts (Memory, 200305)
cross-modal-weapon-focus-effect-influence-weapon-s-presence-memory.asp

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Experimental manipulation of prior experience: Effects on item and associative recognition.

Frequency of exposure to very low- and high-frequency words was manipulated in a three-phase (familiarisation, study, and test) design. During familiarisation, words were presented with their definition (once, four times, or not presented). One week ...
Kerry A Chalmers, Michael S Humphreys (Memory, 200305)
experimental-manipulation-prior-experience-effects-item-associative.asp

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Directed forgetting between, but not within, dissociative personality states.

To investigate amnesia between identities in dissociative identity disorder (DID), the authors assessed explicit and implicit memory performance on a directed-forgetting task in 12 DID patients who switched from one state to an "amnesic" state between ...
Bernet M Elzinga, R Hans Phaf, Angelique M Ardon, Richard van Dyck (J Abnorm Psychol, 200305)
directed-forgetting-not-dissociative-personality-states.asp

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Ordering our world: An examination of time in autobiographical memory.

In two studies people judged the order in which two real-world events occurred. Ordering performance was better for events that were recent or widely separated in time. Ordering performance was also consistently related to predicted event memorability ...
John J Skowronski, W Richard Walker, Andrew L Betz (Memory, 200305)
ordering-world-examination-time-autobiographical-memory.asp