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disposition > cognition > memory > memory sensitivity

Preferred term

memory sensitivity  

Definition

  • In signal detection theory, the ability to discriminate between old and new items in a recognition task.

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Related concepts

Entry terms

  • discriminability
  • memory discriminability
  • sensitivity

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Macmillan, N. A., & Creelman, C. D. (1996). Triangles in ROC space : History and theory of “nonparametric” measures of sensitivity and response bias. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 3(2), 164‑170. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03212415

    [Study type: historical study, literature review / Access: open]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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In other languages

  • sensibilité mnésique

    French

  • discriminabilité de la mémoire
  • discriminabilité mnémonique
  • discriminabilité mnésique
  • discrimination msésique
  • sensibilité
  • sensibilité de la mémoire
  • sensibilité mnémonique

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