Concept information
Preferred term
mirror effect
Definition
- The mirror effect refers to "a regularity of recognition memory in which a variable has opposite effects on the hit and false alarm rates. For example, low frequency words have a higher hit rate and a lower false alarm rate than high frequency words." (Neath et al., 2021, p. 1833).
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Synonym(s)
- word frequency mirror effect
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Bibliographic citation(s)
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• Glanzer, M., & Adams, J. K. (1985). The mirror effect in recognition memory. Memory & Cognition, 13(1), 8–20. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03198438
• Document type: literature review
• Access: open
- • Glanzer, M., & Adams, J. K. (1990). The mirror effect in recognition memory: data and theory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 16(1), 5-16. https://doi.org/10.1037//0278-7393.16.1.5
• Document type: empirical study
• Access: closed
- • Neath, I., Hockley, W. E., & Ensor, T. M. (2021). Stimulus-based mirror effects revisited. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 48(12), 1833–1849. https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000901
• Document type: empirical study
• Access: closed
Creator
- Frank Arnould
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In other languages
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French
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-XDT8FJWP-K - • Glanzer, M., & Adams, J. K. (1990). The mirror effect in recognition memory: data and theory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 16(1), 5-16. https://doi.org/10.1037//0278-7393.16.1.5
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