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Event-Related Potentials and Stimulus Repetition in Direct and Indirect Tests of Memory

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In this chapter we give an overview of some of the studies in our laboratory in which event-related brain potentials (ERPs) have been recorded in tasks involving the repetition of stimuli such as words, nonwords, and pictures, and outline our current interpretation of the findings that have emerged. A major aim of this work has been to determine the conditions under which ERPs are sensitive to stimulus repetition when it is incidental to the experimental task, and hence when no discriminative response is required on the basis of whether an item is repeated or unrepeated.

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  1. Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Neurologische Klinik, Konstanty-Gutschow-Straße 8, D-3000, Hannover 61, Germany

    H.-J. Heinze

  2. Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Neurologische Klinik, D-3000, Hannover 61, Germany

    T. F. Münte

  3. Center for Neuroscience, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, 95616, USA

    George R. Mangun

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Rugg, M.D., Doyle, M.C. (1994). Event-Related Potentials and Stimulus Repetition in Direct and Indirect Tests of Memory. In: Heinze, HJ., Münte, T.F., Mangun, G.R. (eds) Cognitive Electrophysiology. Birkhäuser, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0283-7_5

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