Abstract
The memory to which information is conveyed is referred to as destination memory, whereas the memory of the person who provided the information is called source memory. A previous study demonstrated that destination memory exhibits lower recognition performance than source memory. However, the source memory task may not be an appropriate counterpart for the destination memory task, potentially leading to increased difficulty. Therefore, replicating the finding that destination memory is more fallible than source memory using the same paradigm as in the previous study may not be feasible. Three experiments were conducted to test this hypothesis. Experiments 1 and 2 adopted the same paradigm as in the previous study. In Experiment 3, the source memory task was modified to serve as a counterpart for the destination memory task. As predicted, only Experiment 3 replicated the finding that destination memory performed worse than source memory. This study underscores a potential flaw in the paradigm utilized by the previous study and proposes an alternative paradigm with greater replicability.
