Effect of encoding variability on rejection of non-corresponding lures: Role of retrieval processes.

The primary goal of the current study was to assess whether different retrieval processes moderated the effect of encoding variability on accurate performance on the A-B' test format of the forced-choice Mnemonic Similarity Task (MST). Young adults completed the A-B' test format of the forced-choice MST and determined whether their recognition memory judgment was based on recall-to-reject processing, recall-to-accept processing, familiarity, or guessing. When guesses were excluded from correct trials, fixation counts were higher to the A stimulus than the B stimulus at encoding.