Short-term recognition memory of tones

Abstract

Four Os participated in a recognition memory experiment for a period of 5 weeks. The task required O to judge whether two temporally sequenced tones (ISI = 0.5, 2.0, or 8.0 sec) were the "same" or "different " Latencies and confidence ratings were obtained for each judgment. TSD analyses applied to individual O's data indicated consistent and rapidly decreasing d's as a function of ISI. ROC functions generated from the latencies and ratings produced comparable results, indicating the feasibility of using latency measures along with the type of judgments made to obtain sensitivity measures. Response bias, as indicated by the differences in the latencies between "same" and "different" judgments, did not produce consistent trends. © 1970 Psychonomic Society, Inc.