TY - JOUR
T1 - Dynamic Memory Processes in Retrieving Answers to Questions
T2 - Recall Failures, Judgments of Knowing, and Acquisition of Information
AU - Yaniv, Ilan
AU - Meyer, David E.
AU - Davidson, Natalie S.
PY - 1995/11
Y1 - 1995/11
N2 - Three experiments were conducted to show that engaging in an effort to answer a question markedly influences the processing of information subsequently encountered in the environment. On each of 2 successive days, participants were given a definition test that involved the recall of rare English words cued by their definitions. A lexical-decision task was administered between the 2 definition tests; the timing of the lexical-decision task varied across experiments. A strong target-to-definition priming effect occurred such that prior exposure to words during the lexical-decision task increased their likelihood of being recalled in the final definition test. It also appears that earlier attempts to answer questions affected the acquisition of relevant new material in long-term memory. The role of these priming effects is discussed with respect to the process of updating memory representations.
AB - Three experiments were conducted to show that engaging in an effort to answer a question markedly influences the processing of information subsequently encountered in the environment. On each of 2 successive days, participants were given a definition test that involved the recall of rare English words cued by their definitions. A lexical-decision task was administered between the 2 definition tests; the timing of the lexical-decision task varied across experiments. A strong target-to-definition priming effect occurred such that prior exposure to words during the lexical-decision task increased their likelihood of being recalled in the final definition test. It also appears that earlier attempts to answer questions affected the acquisition of relevant new material in long-term memory. The role of these priming effects is discussed with respect to the process of updating memory representations.
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U2 - 10.1037/0278-7393.21.6.1509
DO - 10.1037/0278-7393.21.6.1509
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:21844514979
SN - 0278-7393
VL - 21
SP - 1509
EP - 1521
JO - Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition
JF - Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition
IS - 6
ER -