ABSTRACT
Findings of dissociations are important for applied purposes as well as for theorising about memory. Much of the recent research has been aimed at investigating age-related deficits in memory. Both the Remember/Know and process-dissociation procedures have been controversial and some critics have questioned the utility of postulating a dual-process model of memory. This chapter begins by describing experiments that placed automatic and consciously controlled processing in opposition so as to reveal deficits in recollection in combination with preserved automatic influences of memory. The goal of the false fame experiments was to find manipulations that reduce the probability of recollection and, thereby, leave automatic influences of memory unopposed. The most controversial assumption underlying the process-dissociation procedure is the assumption that recollection and automatic influences of memory serve as independent bases for responding. The Remember/Know procedure gives important insights into the phenomenology of memory, but additional assumptions are required to use those reports to study the underlying processes of recollection and familiarity.
