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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > recognition failure

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recognition failure  

Definition

  • Recognition failure occurs when a subject is able to recall items that he/she is unable to recognize elsewhere. This phenomenon was described experimentally by Tulving and Thompson in 1973.

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  • • Tulving, E., & Thomson, D. M. (1973). Encoding specificity and retrieval processes in episodic memory. Psychological Review, 80(5), 352–373. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0020071

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

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  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-T4F643ZN-K

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