Self-corrected reaching in a three-location delayed-response search task
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The canonical version of the delayed response task that is also used to assess the cognitive abilities of human infants involves the concealment of an attractive object in one of two identical wells by an experimenter in full view of an infant. After a brief delay, the infant is allowed to search for the object. The task investigates working memory and the ability to correctly manipulate information to do complex cognitive tasks. Two experiments were conducted on seven- and nine-month-old infants to investigate errors in the delayed response paradigm, the results of which are discussed.
Publication Name: Psychological Science
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0956-7976
Year: 1998
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The role of ease of retrieval and attribution in memory judgments: judging your memory as worse despite recalling more events
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Research was conducted on 142 University of Michigan undergraduates to examine the strategies that people use to evaluate the quality of their memories. Participants were asked to recall childhood events and to report on the difficulty of their recall experience. Findings suggest that the number of childhood events that the subjects were asked to recall contributed to their judgments of memory.
Publication Name: Psychological Science
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0956-7976
Year: 1998
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