| Testing the exclusivity effect in location memory. | |
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PMID: 23198933 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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There is growing literature exploring the possibility of parallel retrieval of location memories, although this literature focuses primarily on the speed of retrieval with little attention to the accuracy of location memory recall. Baguley, Lansdale, Lines, and Parkin (2006) found that when a person has two or more memories for an object's location, their recall accuracy suggests that only one representation can be retrieved at a time (exclusivity). This finding is counterintuitive given evidence of non-exclusive recall in the wider memory literature. The current experiment explored the exclusivity effect further and aimed to promote an alternative outcome (i.e., independence or superadditivity) by encouraging the participants to combine multiple representations of space at encoding or retrieval. This was encouraged by using anchor (points of reference) labels that could be combined to form a single strongly associated combination. It was hypothesised that the ability to combine the anchor labels would allow the two representations to be retrieved concurrently, generating higher levels of recall accuracy. The results demonstrate further support for the exclusivity hypothesis, showing no significant improvement in recall accuracy when there are multiple representations of a target object's location as compared to a single representation. |
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Daniel P A Clark; Andrew K Dunn; Thom Baguley |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-12-3 |
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Title: Memory (Hove, England) Volume: - ISSN: 1464-0686 ISO Abbreviation: Memory Publication Date: 2012 Dec |
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Created Date: 2012-12-3 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9306862 Medline TA: Memory Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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a Department of Psychology , Liverpool Hope University , Liverpool , UK. |
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