Incidental context information increases recollection

Ameen-Ali, K.E.; Norman, L.J.; Eacott, M.J.; Easton, A.

Abstract

The current study describes a receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) task for human participants based on the spontaneous recognition memory paradigms typically used with rodents. Recollection was significantly higher when an object was in the same location and background as at encoding, a combination used to assess episodic-like memory in animals, but not when only one of these task-irrelevant cues was present. The results show that incidentally encoded cue information can determine the degree of recollection, and opens up the possibility of assessing recollection across species in a single experimental paradigm, allowing better understanding of the cognitive and biological mechanisms at play.

Citation

Ameen-Ali, K., Norman, L., Eacott, M., & Easton, A. (2017). Incidental context information increases recollection. Learning & Memory, 24(3), 136-139. https://doi.org/10.1101/lm.042622.116

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jan 9, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Feb 16, 2017
• Publication Date: Mar 1, 2017
• Deposit Date: Dec 1, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 16, 2017
• Journal: Learning & Memory
• Print ISSN: 1072-0502
• Electronic ISSN: 1549-5485
• Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 24
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 136-139
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/lm.042622.116
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1391752