ABSTRACT

This chapter defines and analyzes a new family of multinomial processing tree models for an experimental paradigm frequently used in memory research. The paradigm involves a paired-associate learning phase, where subjects study a list of A-B items and subsequently they receive two successive memory tests. First, they receive a free-recall test, and subjects attempt to recall all the A and B items. Then, some time after completing the free-recall task, subjects receive a cued-recall task, in which they attempt to recall each B item when given a suitable cue, such as the corresponding A item or a category label for the B item. Hereafter we refer to the paradigm as free-then-cued recall.