Better source memory for remembered to-be-forgotten items than for remembered to-be-remembered items.

2024/06/03 by Vincent L Ott, Johanna M Höhs, Jan Rummel · 1 voice
Computer Science · Neuroscience · #Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning #Memory Processes and Influences

paper · doi:10.1037/xlm0001362

openalex publication_date 2024/06/03 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/22

Abstract

= 81). Sources were manipulated orthogonally to item type (remember vs. forget). At test, we asked participants to recognize all studied items and also to identify their source. We used a multinomial processing tree model to disentangle item memory, source memory, and guessing. In all three experiments, we replicated the directed forgetting effect in item memory. Source memory for to-be-forgotten items that were recognized despite the intention to forget, however, tended to be even better than source memory for to-be-remembered items that were recognized. These results suggest that the directed forgetting effect does not simply translate from item to source memory. Rather source memory seems to be disproportionally increased in to-be-forgotten items that are remembered. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

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• Better source memory for remembered to-be-forgotten items than for remembered to-be-remembered items. An incredibly fun project with Johanna Höhs & Jan Rummel to which Johanna and I contributed equal [bsky, 5 points, 0 comments]

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