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recognition task  

Definition

  • In a recognition task, the subject is asked to discriminate, among a set of items, those that have been studied (old items) from those that have not been studied (new items).

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Entry terms

  • recognition paradigm
  • recognition test

Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Besson, G., Ceccaldi, M., & Barbeau, E. J. (2013). L’évaluation des processus de la mémoire de reconnaissance. Revue de Neuropsychologie, 4(4), 242–254. https://doi.org/10.1684/nrp.2012.0238

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]

  • • Smith, D. G., & J, J. (2004). Testing theories of recognition memory by predicting performance across paradigms. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 30(3), 615–625. https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.30.3.615

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-KCJ85PL3-0

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