Does This Ring a Bell? Music-Cued Retrieval of Semantic Knowledge and Metamemory Judgments
Does This Ring a Bell? Music-cued Retrieval of Semantic Knowledge and Metamemory Judgments Maya Zuckerman1, Daniel A. Levy2, Roni Tibon3, 1 1 Niv Reggev , and Anat Maril Downloaded from http://mitprc.silverchair.com/jocn/article-pdf/24/11/2155/1778611/jocn_a_00271.pdf by MIT Libraries user on 17 May 2021 Abstract ■ Failed knowledge recall attempts are sometimes accompanied indicated their retrieval state via button press. Stimulus-locked by a strong feeling of imminent success, giving rise to a “tip-of- analyses revealed a significant early left fronto-central difference the-tongue” (TOT) experience. Similar to successful retrieval between TOT and K, at 300–550 msec postcue onset. Post hoc (i.e., the Know state, K), a TOT commences with strong cue famil- analysis revealed that, in this time window, TOT also differed from iarity but involves only partial retrieval of related information. We DK (Donʼt Know) responses, which themselves were similar to sought to characterize the cognitive processes and temporal dy- the K responses. This finding indicates that neural processes, namics of these retrieval states and to extend the applicability which may reflect strategy selection, ease of semantic processing, of previous findings about TOT to the auditory modality. Par- familiarity-related processes, or conflict monitoring, are indicative ticipants heard 3-sec initial segments of popular songs and were of the fate of our knowledge judgments long before we actually asked to recall their names. EEG was recorded while participants execute them. ■ INTRODUCTION not familiar, the positive prediction will be weak or absent. Metacognition refers to individualsʼ knowledge, regulation, The accessibility account suggests that positive predictions and control of their own cognitive systems.
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