The mirror effect is recognition memory refers to the fact that, with several different classes of stimuli, performance on new items from each class mirrors (is orrelated with) performance on the corresponding classes of old items. Classes of stimuli that are accurately recognized as old when old are also accurately recognized as new when new; those that are poorly recognized as old when old are also poorly recognize( s new when new. The purpose of the proposed work is to explore further that regularity theory for this effect is developed--attention/likelihood theory. The theory covers he known regularities that are associated with the effect and predicts certain other, new regularities. These are tested in a series of experiments on the effects f forgetting, training, speed-accuracy trade-off. The proposed 'Work has strong implications for work on the effects of normal aging on memory, age related dysfunctions (e.g., senile dementia) as well as other memory dysfunctions (e.g., anterograde amnesias such as those part of the Korsakoff Syndrome).

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01MH044938-03
Application #
3384442
Study Section
Cognition, Emotion, and Personality Research Review Committee (CEP)
Project Start
1989-09-01
Project End
1992-08-31
Budget Start
1991-09-01
Budget End
1992-08-31
Support Year
3
Fiscal Year
1991
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
New York University
Department
Type
Other Domestic Higher Education
DUNS #
004514360
City
New York
State
NY
Country
United States
Zip Code
10012
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Glanzer, M; Adams, J K; Iverson, G (1991) Forgetting and the mirror effect in recognition memory: concentering of underlying distributions. J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn 17:81-93