Perceptual interference improves explicit memory but does not enhance data-driven processing.
- 1 January 1991
- journal article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition
- Vol. 17 (3) , 507-513
- https://doi.org/10.1037//0278-7393.17.3.507
Abstract
Nairne (1988) has recently demonstrated that interfering with the perceptual processing of an item at study improves later memory for that item. Nairne hypothesized that interfering with perceptual processes induces a data-driven generation process that enhances the representation of visual information. Using a variant of Nairne's procedure, we both replicated his original findings and tested his hypothesis that enhanced data-driven processing causes the current effect. The results of studies using free recall and perceptual identification tests were inconsistent with Nairne's hypothesis. We consider several alternative interpretations in the General Discussion.Keywords
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