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dc.contributor.advisorChairperson, Graduate Committee: Richard A. Blocken
dc.contributor.authorManley, Krista Dawnen
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-25T18:40:01Z
dc.date.available2013-06-25T18:40:01Z
dc.date.issued2012en
dc.identifier.urihttps://scholarworks.montana.edu/xmlui/handle/1/1784en
dc.description.abstractA classic finding in the memory literature is that participants remember items that are isolated, distinctive, or salient compared to items lacking in these characteristics. This finding is usually attributed to von Restorff (1933) which is when an item is isolated against a homogenous background; the learning of that isolated item is enhanced or facilitated. Block (2009) found that intent to remember a specific type of picture also enhances the subsequent recognition of it, and he suggested that increased attention to target stimuli is implicated. The three experiments reported here clarify the possible link between the attentional processes involving both of these effects. Participants saw a series of various types of pictures, with some participants being instructed to remember targets, such as human faces. The intentional memory effect was replicated. Other findings clarify the relationship between the von Restorff and intent-to-remember effects.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherMontana State University - Bozeman, College of Letters & Scienceen
dc.subject.lcshAttentionen
dc.subject.lcshMemoryen
dc.titleIntent to remember and von Restorff (isolation) effects reveal attentional processesen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2012 by Krista Dawn Manleyen
thesis.catalog.ckey1917679en
thesis.degree.committeemembersMembers, Graduate Committee: Michelle L. Meade; Keith A. Hutchisonen
thesis.degree.departmentPsychology.en
thesis.degree.genreThesisen
thesis.degree.nameMSen
thesis.format.extentfirstpage1en
thesis.format.extentlastpage56en


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