dc.creator | Richler, Jennifer Joanna | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-08-22T00:37:12Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-04-26 | |
dc.date.issued | 2010-04-26 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/etd-04232010-122137 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1803/12217 | |
dc.description.abstract | What is the consequence of calling objects by their names? Lupyan (2008) suggests that overtly naming objects at the basic-level impairs subsequent recognition memory because naming shifts the memory representation towards the category prototype. Here I show that 1) processing objects at the basic-level without categorization or naming responses produces equivalent memory effects as overt naming and 2) depth of processing better accounts for this so-called naming effect. These results suggest that naming does not influence memory by changing the representation, but rather that naming is a shallow processing task because it is an automatic instantiation of basic-level categorization. | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.subject | naming | |
dc.subject | recognition memory | |
dc.subject | categorization | |
dc.subject | depth of processing | |
dc.title | Automaticity of Basic-Level Categorization Accounts for Naming Effects in Recognition Memory | |
dc.type | dissertation | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Timothy Curran | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Sean Polyn | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Geoffrey Woodman | |
dc.type.material | text | |
thesis.degree.name | PHD | |
thesis.degree.level | dissertation | |
thesis.degree.discipline | Psychology | |
thesis.degree.grantor | Vanderbilt University | |
local.embargo.terms | 2010-04-26 | |
local.embargo.lift | 2010-04-26 | |
dc.contributor.committeeChair | Isabel Gauthier | |
dc.contributor.committeeChair | Thomas Palmeri | |