Abstract
These experiments compared recognition memory for pictures of faces and random shapes in a group of alcoholic amnesics and matched control subjects. Material was presented either with unguided learning instructions, or with “high”-and “low”-level orienting tasks. Recognition level was equated across groups by varying the retention interval. Measures of orienting task performance were taken and confidence with face recognition was recorded in Experiment 2. Amnesics performed all tasks similarly to controls and their recognition levels were also similarly affected. They also displayed normal confidence judgments. Results are discussed in terms of the encoding deficit and familiarity loss hypotheses.
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