Estimating recency and familiarity using trace strength
Ian P. L. McLaren · British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology · 1994
One problem with trace strength models of recognition is that they typically confound the recency of a stimulus with its frequency of occurrence (familiarity). This paper proposes a trace strength model that allows computation of relatively independent measures of recency and familiarity. It closes with some speculations on the possible roles of context and interference in this type of system.