Brian Howland and Ira Fischler. Remembering, knowing,
and confidence: ERP indicants of recognition memory
In a study-test recognition memory task, students
indicated whether they remembered or just knew that a word was old, as
well as their confidence in the old/new judgment. A late centro-parietal
positive potential in the ERPs recorded during the recognition phase of
the task was significantly greater for recognized old words than for missed
old words. The timing and topography of this component was similar whether
the decision was remember or know, although controlling for confidence,
the amplitude of the ERP memory component was greater for remember than
know judgments. The behavioral and ERP findings are consistent with single-process,
dua-criterion models of the relationship between these subjective judgments
of memory.