%0 Journal Article
%@ 0010-0277
%A  Szőllősi Ágnes
%A  Pajkossy Péter
%A  Bencze Dorottya Franciska
%A  Marián Miklós
%A  Racsmány Mihály
%A Kognitív Tudományi Tanszék BME / TTK KTT [2004-],
%A Kognitív és Neuropszichológiai Tanszék SZTE / BTK / PszichI KNT [2012-],
%D 2023
%F publicatio:35716
%J COGNITION
%T Litmus test of rich episodic representations: Context-induced false recognition
%U http://publicatio.bibl.u-szeged.hu/35716/
%V 230
%X Context-dependent episodic memory is typically investigated using tasks in which retrieval occurs either in the reinstated context of encoding or in a completely new context. A fundamental question of episodic memory models is the level of detail in episodic memory representations containing contextual information about the encoded event. The present study examined whether memory is affected when the contexts of encoding and retrieval are highly similar but not exactly the same. At encoding, participants saw unique object images pre-sented on the background of unique context scene images. On a surprise recognition test, the objects were either old or visually similar to ones seen at encoding (lure stimuli). The objects were presented on either the old or a lure context image; the lure context image was visually similar to the corresponding object's encoding context. Context reinstatement increased the hit rate for the old objects, but also increased the false alarm for the lure objects. This latter finding indicates that the presence of the encoding context at test does not always aid recognition memory decisions. These results suggest that slight visual differences between the contexts of encoding and retrieval matter, as context reinstatement leads to a tendency to respond Old even in case of small differences in the old and lure contexts.
%Z Department of Cognitive Science, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary                         Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Budapest, Hungary                         Centre for Cognitive Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary                         Institute of Psychology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary                         Export Date: 5 October 2022                         CODEN: CGTNA                         Correspondence Address: Szőllősi, Á.Egry József utca 1, Hungary; email: szollosi.agnes@ttk.bme.hu