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Memory for multidimensional source information.

Thorsten Meiser·Arndt Bröder
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Source memory may comprise recollection of multiple features of the encoding episode. To analyze the simultaneous representation and retrieval of those multiple features, a multinomial memory model is presented that measures memory for crossed dimensions of source information. The first experiment investigated the validity of the new model. The model showed an excellent statistical fit to empirical data, and the parameters of multidimensional source memory were sensitive to manipulations of source similarity on distinct dimensions. The second experiment used the model to test the hypothesis that source memory for individual context attributes is stochastically related in the case of conscious recollection but independent in the case of familiarity-based recognition judgments. The prediction was supported by the introduction of a "remember"-"know" distinction in a multidimensional source memory test.

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AttentionHumansMental RecallModels, StatisticalOrientationPattern Recognition, VisualReadingRetention, PsychologyStochastic ProcessesVerbal LearningJournal ArticleResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Thorsten Meiser, Arndt Bröder. 2002. Memory for multidimensional source information.. https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.28.1.116

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