Do recognition and priming index a unitary knowledge base? Comment on Shanks et al. (2003).

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Whether sequence learning entails a single or multiple memory systems is a moot issue. Recently, D. R. Shanks, L. Wilkinson, and S. Channon advanced a single-system model that predicts a perfect correlation between true (i.e., error free) response time priming and recognition. The Shanks model is contrasted with a dual-process model that incorporates both response time priming and reportable sequence knowledge as predictors of recognition. The models were tested by applying confirmatory factor analysis to data obtained from a recognition test that was administered under both speed and accuracy conditions. The Shanks model accounted for the data in the speed condition, whereas the dual-process model provided a better fit in the accuracy condition. The results are compatible with the notion that cognitive processes were engaged differentially in recognition judgments under speed and accuracy conditions. (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved

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Author/s: Rünger, Dennis (D); Nagy, Gabriel (G); Frensch, Peter A (PA);

Affiliation: Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Berlin, Germany. dennis.ruenger(-atsign-)gmail.com

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Publication Type: Comment; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Journal of experimental psychology. Learning, memory, and cognition (J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-Mar; vol 35 (issue 2) : pp 572-85

Dates: Created 2009/03/10; Completed 2009/05/11;

PMID: 19271870, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 5/11/2009, IMS Date: 11 May 2009 00:00:00)

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Comments and Corrections

CommentOn: J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn. 2003 Mar;29(2):248-61. (PMID: 12696813)

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