Dubious Decision Evidence and Criterion Flexibility in Recognition Memory
Abstract
When old new-recognition judgments must be based on ambiguous memory evidence, a proper criterion for responding "old" can substantially improve accuracy, but participants are typically suboptimal in their placement of decision criteria. Various accounts of suboptimal criterion placement have been proposed. The most parsimonious, however, is that subjects simply over rely on memory evidence - however faulty - as a basis for decisions.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 08, 2015
- Accession Number
- AD1087674
Entities
People
- Jean M Vettel
- Justin Kantner
- Michael B Miller
Organizations
- University of California