According to dual-process models, recognition memory is supported by distinct retrieval processes known as familiarity and recollection. Important evidence supporting the dual-process framework has come from studies using event-related brain potentials (ERPs). These studies have identified two topographically distinct ERP correlates of recognition memory--the "parietal" and "mid-frontal" old/new effects--that are dissociated by variables that selectively modulate recollection and familiarity, respectively. We evaluate the extent to which ERP data support dual-process models in light of the proposal that recollection is a continuous rather than a discrete memory process. We also examine the claim that the putative ERP index of familiarity is a reflection of implicit rather than explicit memory. We conclude that ERP findings continue to offer strong support for the dual-process perspective.
Event-related potentials and recognition memory. Publishing Authors By Initials
Event-related potentials and recognition memory. Information
Number of References: 68
LANGUAGE: eng
NlmUniqueID: 9708669
Event-related potentials and recognition memory. Keywords Mesh Terms:
KEYWORDS: Retention (Psychology)
MESH TERMS: physiology
Chemical & Substance for Abstract: Event-related potentials and recognition memory. Information
Substance Name:
Registry Number:
Grant and Affiliation Information for Event-related potentials and recognition memory.
AFFILIATION: Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, and Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA. mrugg@uci.edu
Country: England
AGENCY: United States NIMH
GRANT: MH 64812
ACRONYM: MH
MEDLINETA: Trends Cogn Sci
REFSOURCE:
DATABASENAME:
ACCESSION NUMBER:
Number Hits: 0
Event-related potentials and recognition memory Related Publications