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Signal‐detection models as tools for interpreting judgements of recollections
Author(s) -
Hirshman Elliot,
Lanning Kristi,
Master Susan,
Henzler Amanda
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
applied cognitive psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.719
H-Index - 100
eISSN - 1099-0720
pISSN - 0888-4080
DOI - 10.1002/acp.758
Subject(s) - recall , psychology , detection theory , cognitive psychology , cognitive science , signal (programming language) , consciousness , cognition , artificial intelligence , computer science , neuroscience , telecommunications , detector , programming language
This paper considers how the two‐criterion signal‐detection model can be used to interpret judgements of recollection from the remember–know paradigm. We propose that, among other uses, the model can be applied to discriminate results that provide strong evidence for the influence of multiple memory processes from results that are merely consistent with the assumption of such influences. The specific logic motivating this approach is that results falsifying the two‐criterion signal‐detection model provide strong evidence for the influence of multiple‐memory processes on judgements of recollection. We believe that focusing theory construction on results that provide strong evidence of multiple memory processes will lead to the construction of coherent, parsimonious models of the relationship between memory processes and consciousness. We review recent papers by Conway and Dewhurst (1995), Hirshman and Lanning (1999), and Conway et al. (2001) to provide examples of the usefulness of using the two‐criterion signal‐detection model. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.