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Response competition in recognition memory in three amnesic groups
Author(s) -
Taylor Robert,
McGuire Ralph J.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
british journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0144-6657
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1985.tb01329.x
Subject(s) - psychology , amnesia , recognition memory , cognitive psychology , memory disorder , developmental psychology , neuroscience , cognitive disorder , cognition , cognitive impairment
Experimental studies have suggested that a feature of the memory defect in some amnesic conditions may be a failure to inhibit competing responses at retrieval. It is not known whether this feature is present equally in different syndromes involving amnesia. Employing a recognition memory paradigm with varying numbers of response alternatives (based on Miller, 1978), three amnesic groups (Korsakov's, senile dementia, and multi‐infarct dementia) were compared using four types of test material. The groups were not differentially affected by increasing numbers of response alternatives.