Abstract
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.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 267-290 |
Number of pages | 24 |
Journal | Acta Psychologica |
Volume | 98 |
Issue number | 2-3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 1998 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Metamemory
- Perceptual fluency
- Recognition memory
- Retrieval fluency
- Subjective fluency
- Word-frequency effects
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)