False recognition modality effects in short-term memory: Reversing the auditory advantage

The auditory advantage in short-term false recognition – reduced false memories for auditory compared to visually presented words (Olszewska, Reuter-lorenz, Munier, & Bendler, 2015), has been attributed to greater item distinctiveness in auditory compared to visual memory traces. If so, varying...

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Published in:Cognition 2019-12, Vol.193, p.104008-104008, Article 104008
Main Authors: Lim, Lionel C.L., Goh, Winston D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acknowledgment
Advantages
Distinctiveness
False memory
False recall
Hearing
Memories
Modality (Semantic)
Modality effects
Phonological similarity
Phonology
Recognition
Reversal
Sensory integration
Short term
Short term memory
Visual memory
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Summary:The auditory advantage in short-term false recognition – reduced false memories for auditory compared to visually presented words (Olszewska, Reuter-lorenz, Munier, & Bendler, 2015), has been attributed to greater item distinctiveness in auditory compared to visual memory traces. If so, varying auditory trace distinctiveness should influence false recognition rates. Phonologically and semantically related words were presented visually or aurally. The auditory advantage for semantic lists was replicated but a reversal was observed for phonological lists. Reducing modality-specific acoustic and phonological distinctiveness by increasing phonological similarity led to increased false memory. The findings are consistent with a framework positing the generation of input-dependent memory traces and the role of relative distinctiveness in influencing short-term memory.
ISSN:0010-0277
1873-7838
DOI:10.1016/j.cognition.2019.104008