Date of Award
2000
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Brian H. Bornstein
Abstract
The revelation effect is an episodic memory phenomenon where participants are more likely to report that they recognize an item when it has been revealed in some way than when it has not. Although this effect is robust with respect to words, it has not been demonstrated with faces. The present series of experiments examined whether a revelation effect could be produced in face recognition memory. A revelation effect was found in 2 of 3 experiments using only faces for stimuli. Surprisingly, an anti-revelation effect was found in Experiment 4 when words were revealed before face recognition. The findings are discussed in terms of the extant theories for the revelation effect.
Recommended Citation
Wilson, Jeffrey Roy, "Extending the Revelation Effect to Faces: Haven't We Met Before?" (2000). LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses. 7174.
https://repository.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses/7174
ISBN
9780599682245
Pages
59
DOI
10.31390/gradschool_disstheses.7174