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familiarity  

Definition

  • In a recognition task, judgment that an item is old (studied) without recollection of the acquisition context, but with the feeling that the item is familiar.

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Yonelinas, A. P. (2002). The nature of recollection and familiarity : A review of 30 years of research. Journal of Memory and Language, 46(3), 441‑517. https://doi.org/10.1006/jmla.2002.2864

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-TLSBWWJV-B

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