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The results of two experiments are reported that involved the use of both a recognition and a cued-recall task. In both experiments, the cue-target relationship was based on either meaning or rhyme. The only difference between these experiments was rate of presentation (5.0 or 1.5 sec) during study. The results indicate that targets were more likely to be both recognized and recalled when semantic cues appeared at study and in cued recall. Target items were more likely to be only recognized when rhyme cues appeared at study and in cued recall. The results are discussed with respect to retrieval-based recognition (recognition accompanied by recall) and familiarity-based recognition (recognition only). It is suggested that these two types of recognition are often inversely related, but they are also reflective of different memory systems.
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Horton, D.L., Pavlick, T.J. Semantic cues, rhyme cues, and two varieties of recognition memory. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 31, 16–18 (1993). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03334127
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03334127