Wilton R N
Department of Psychology, University of Dundee, Scotland.
Q J Exp Psychol A. 1990 Aug;42(3):611-34. doi: 10.1080/14640749008401240.
Any perceived or imagined object will have various properties: for example, it may be of a particular size, shape, and colour. In this paper it is argued that when two objects are perceived or imagined to be interacting, they are likely, as a result, to have properties that may, in part, mediate paired associate recall. In Experiments 1 and 2 it was shown that if the object to be named in recall has properties that are the same as the object named by the cue, then recall is greater than when the properties differ. In Experiment 3 it was shown that if the object to be named in recall has properties that are relevant to a relation between the two objects, then recall is enhanced, as compared with conditions in which this is not the case. In discussion, it is argued that, by means similar to those operating in these experiments, a representation of properties may contribute to recall in experiments in which subjects use interactive imagery.
例如，它可能具有特定的大小、形状和颜色。本文认为，当两个物体被感知或想象为相互作用时，它们可能会因此具有一些属性，这些属性可能部分地介导配对联想回忆。在实验1和实验2中表明，如果在回忆中要命名的物体具有与线索所命名的物体相同的属性，那么回忆效果要优于属性不同时的情况。在实验3中表明，如果在回忆中要命名的物体具有与两个物体之间的关系相关的属性，那么与不存在这种情况的条件相比，回忆会得到增强。在讨论中，有人认为，通过与这些实验中所运用的类似方式，属性的表征可能会在受试者使用交互式意象的实验中对回忆有所帮助。
