/memory-organization

A collection of tools to analyze free-recall task outputs, that can be useful when studying organization in memory.

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Organization in Memory: Tools for Analysis of Free-Recall Task Outputs

If you study memory, you probably use free-recall tasks and analyze participant outputs. If your to-be-recalled items belong to categories, this project hosts tools that have been useful for analyzing participant outputs from free-recall tasks. Currently, it includes two main tools that I've repeatedly used, with the potential for more to be added in the future.

Clustering in Recall Calculator

Code: R script
Web App: Clustering in Recall Index Calculator

This tool calculates four different indexes of clustering in free recall (ARC, RR, MRR, DS) for an entire dataset, which should be coded according to categories (based on Otani and Senkova, 2012). Visit the web app or refer to the comments in the code for instructions on usage and references to relevant papers.

Pairwise Analysis

Code: R script
Web App: Recalled pairs calculator

This tool counts how often each possible pair exists in a sequence of multiple categories. For example, if your to-be-recalled items belong to three categories (coded as 1, 2, and 3), this app counts, per participant, how often all possible pairs (11, 12, 13, 21, 22, 23, 31, etc.) occur. Visit the web app or check the comments in the code for instructions on usage.

Getting in Touch

Feel free to reach out with suggestions or corrections to the code. joaodavidmartins [at] gmail . com