Part-Set Cuing Facilitation for Spatial Information

Part-set cuing "inhibition" refers to the counterintuitive finding that hints--specifically, part of the set of to-be-remembered information--often impair memory performance in free recall tasks. Although inhibition is the most commonly reported result, part-set cuing "facilitation&qu...

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Published inJournal of experimental psychology. Learning, memory, and cognition Vol. 39; no. 5; pp. 1615 - 1620
Main Authors Cole, Sydni M, Reysen, Matthew B, Kelley, Matthew R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States American Psychological Association 01.09.2013
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Adult
Computer Software
Cues
Female
Humans
Illinois
Inhibition
Interference (Learning)
Introductory Courses
Male
Memory
Mental Recall - physiology
Mississippi
Prediction
Psychology
Recall (Psychology)
Space Perception - physiology
Spatial Ability
Task Analysis
Task Performance and Analysis
Undergraduate Students
Young Adult
Mississippi
Illinois
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Summary:Part-set cuing "inhibition" refers to the counterintuitive finding that hints--specifically, part of the set of to-be-remembered information--often impair memory performance in free recall tasks. Although inhibition is the most commonly reported result, part-set cuing "facilitation" has been shown with serial order tasks. The present study examined the influence of part-set cuing for spatial locations using novel methods and materials. Participants viewed the construction of Snap Circuit objects and then attempted to reconstruct the objects in either the presence or absence of part-set cues. Two experiments revealed robust part-set cuing facilitation on the spatial memory tasks. Generally, these results are consistent with the predictions of the retrieval strategy disruption hypothesis (e.g., D. R. Basden & Basden, 1995) and the 2-and 3-mechanism accounts of part-set cuing (Bäuml & Aslan, 2006; Bäuml & Samenieh, 2012).
ISSN:0278-7393
1939-1285
DOI:10.1037/a0032424