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effects of part-set and extra-list cues under these presentation conditions. However, more
inhibition was generated by part-set than extra-list cues when cue presentation was distributed
throughout recall. These results are interpreted as suggesting that cues presented during recall
disrupt memory in two ways, corresponding to either blocking or modifying retrieval processes.
4113.6 Anxiety and post anesthetic memory deficits, Anne-Lise H. Véron 1 , Bernard Claverie 1 ,
François Sztark 2 , Bernard N'Kaoua 1 , 1 Laboratoire de sciences cognitives E.A. 487, France,
2
Département anesthésie-réanimation 1 CHU Pellegrin, France
Cognitive post anaesthetic deficits concern mostly verbal memory. Memory performances
depending of the level of encoding process (integration), the aim of this study was to investigate
anaesthesia deficit as a function of integration, and to precise the role of age and anxiety in
recovery. Pre and post operative measurements were conduced on 100 patients. Memory
performances were assessed inducing low (phonetic) to deep (semantic) integration levels. Results
showed that whatever age, anaesthesia affects deep integrative process. However, low anxious
patients do not show memory decrement. These findings, applicable for ambulatory safe,
highlighting the role of anxiety on recovery.
4113.7 Verbal overshadowing in face recognition: A test of the transfer inappropriate processing
account, Bradley Pritchard, David Mallard, Charles Sturt University, Australia
Verbal overshadowing refers to the finding that providing a description of a target stimulus can
impair subsequent recognition performance. One theory of verbal overshadowing suggests that
providing a verbal description causes a processing shift that impairs subsequent performance on
the non-verbal identification task. The present study tested this “transfer inappropriate processing”
account and investigated whether performing a perceptual task after giving a description could
alleviate verbal overshadowing. Although not entirely consistent with the transfer inappropriate
processing hypothesis, the results suggest factors that might mediate the occurrence of verbal
overshadowing and account for the fragility of the effect across studies.
4113.8 Effect of binding processing of neighboring postures on the memory span for pictures of
a human posture, Hiroshi Ito 1 , Tomoko Shiraishi 1 , Hideki Shimizu 1 , Yuji Yamamoto 2 ,
Hirofumi Saito 2 , 1 Cognitive Informatics, Graduate School of Human Informatics, Nagoya
University, Japan, 2 Research Center of Health, Physical Fitness, and Sports, Nagoya University,
Japan
We investigated the effect of binding processing on the memory for successively presented
pictures of a human posture. Participants were asked to judge whether a test picture is contained in
a preceded sequence of target pictures. The sequence varied in the number of pictures (2,3,4,5)
and in the number of joints (1,4) contributing to the posture change in neighboring pictures. The
results indicate the recognition rates of five-pictures condition with four-joints were higher than
that for four-pictures. This result suggests the binding processing of neighboring postures was
activated to reduce memory load under the five-pictures condition with four-joints.
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