There were also additional slides that contained material that participants were not tested on. Percentage correct was measured for recall and recognition dependent measures and percentage confident was also determined from participant's confidence ratings. Effects of gender and feminine stimuli were particularly evident and were determined to be strongly statistically significant across all three dependent measures. Many wives have marveled that their husbands can remember all possible football statistics, yet cannot recall the date of their anniversary. Much of our human experience is integrally dependent on memory.
Memory defines our reason and our feelings.
It provides coherence to the stream of events that create ourselves, our experience, and determines our action. It is a dynamic process that not only records initial events, but also is influenced by inferences and interpretations. However, this self-monitoring of one's own memory can be inaccurate. Often the validity of a memory and the confidence of the memory do not correlate. Currently, there exists a debate on whether there are sex differences concerning the accuracy of recall and confidence in memory.