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Recognition memory (RM) is one of the most studied areas in cognitivepsychology and neuroscience; yet, there are many unresolved matters. Thisthesis tackles some of the main contentious issues. A model of objectmemory and perceptual feature binding is introduced and tested in a series ofRM experiments, applying the event-related potentials method. Conclusionsare: 1) ERP results strongly support dual-process models of RM. 2) Familiarityis not a purely conceptual process, but can also be perceptually specific. 3)Familiarity is in principle acontextual. 4) Familiarity is a rather automatic andholistic process, whereas recollection is more controlled and flexible. 5)Episodic RM is an iterative process, supported by interacting subprocessesthat depend on different brain regions, and influenced by non-mnemonicprocessing. Thereby, because objects are preferred units of the cognitivesystem in general, evaluation of intrinsic features usually occurs before theevaluation of context features. Beyond these thought-provoking results,researchers, lecturers, and students interested in memory psychology willenjoy a state-of-the-art account of recent views on feature binding and RM.
