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ABSTRACT
Our experiment examined two questions: (1) Does reinstating a studied context affect recognition of an associated word, and (2) Does reinstating a studied word affect recognition of an associated context? After encoding 75 words, each of which was shown superimposed over a different 5-sec video of an environment (e.g., a playground, a traffic scene, or a grocery store), participants were asked to recognize 50 of the words and 50 of the video scenes. On the test, half of the studied words were shown superimposed over the same video contexts that had been present at encoding, and half were shown over new scenes. Similarly, videos were presented with either old or new words. Context reinstatement increased hits and reduced false alarms for words, but word reinstatement did not affect recognition of video contexts. The results suggest that the associations that bind word events with their contexts may not be bidirectional.
Author notes
Shaan S. Shahabuddin is a Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications at Texas A&M University, College Station as well as a Psychology Instructor at Blinn College. He received a Master's degree in Experimental Psychology from Stephen F. Austin State University in 2012. His research interests include Leadership, Emotion, and Consumer Behavior. Steven M. Smith is a Full Professor of Psychology at Texas A&M University, and he has studied memory and creative cognition there since 1980.