What is it about?
When you see a visual target such as a word, entirely different neural systems contribute to its recognition. One system generates a degree of perceived recency along a scale from immediate repetition to novel image. The other system uses the target as a cue to retrieve the previous context in which the target appeared. Both kinds of information are combined and if the combined information exceeds a threshold then the target is perceived as having been seen before.
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Why is it important?
The report describes a model that explains visual recognition in more detail and more accurately than previous models. It illuminates the neural systems that perform visual recognition.
Perspectives
The report advances our understanding of recognition by replacing misconceptions with an accurate description of the process.
Arnold Glass
Rutgers University New Brunswick
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This page is a summary of: A continuous aggregated accumulation model of recognition judgments., Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition, September 2024, American Psychological Association (APA),
DOI: 10.1037/xlm0001379.
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