Predicting the future and reconstructing the past: A Bayesian characterization of the utility of subjective fluency

被引:25
作者
Benjamin, AS
Bjork, RA
Hirshman, E
机构
[1] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Psychol, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA
[2] Univ N Carolina, Dept Psychol, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USA
关键词
subjective fluency; perceptual fluency; retrieval fluency; recognition memory; metamemory; word-frequency effects;
D O I
10.1016/S0001-6918(97)00046-2
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
The subjective sense of fluency with which an item can be perceived or remembered is proposed to be a vital cue in making decisions about the future memorability and the nature of our past experience with that stimulus. We first outline a number of cases in which such perceptual or retrieval fluency influences judgments both about our own future performance and our likely past experience, and then present a Bayesian analysis of how judgments of recognition - deciding whether or not a currently viewed item was studied at a particular point in the past - may incorporate information about the perceptual fluency of that item. Using a simple mathematical model, we then provide an interpretation of certain enigmatic phenomena in recognition memory. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:267 / 290
页数:24
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