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Automaticity of Basic-Level Categorization Accounts for Naming Effects in Recognition Memory

dc.creatorRichler, Jennifer Joanna
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-22T00:37:12Z
dc.date.available2010-04-26
dc.date.issued2010-04-26
dc.identifier.urihttps://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/etd-04232010-122137
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1803/12217
dc.description.abstractWhat 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.
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dc.subjectnaming
dc.subjectrecognition memory
dc.subjectcategorization
dc.subjectdepth of processing
dc.titleAutomaticity of Basic-Level Categorization Accounts for Naming Effects in Recognition Memory
dc.typedissertation
dc.contributor.committeeMemberTimothy Curran
dc.contributor.committeeMemberSean Polyn
dc.contributor.committeeMemberGeoffrey Woodman
dc.type.materialtext
thesis.degree.namePHD
thesis.degree.leveldissertation
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychology
thesis.degree.grantorVanderbilt University
local.embargo.terms2010-04-26
local.embargo.lift2010-04-26
dc.contributor.committeeChairIsabel Gauthier
dc.contributor.committeeChairThomas Palmeri


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