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Memory monitoring by animals and humans . The authors asked whether animals and humans would use similarly an uncertain response to escape indeterminate memories . Monkeys and humans performed serial probe recognition tasks that produced differential memory difficulty across serial positions ( e.g. , primacy and recency effects ) . Participants were given an escape option that let them avoid any trials they wished and receive a hint to the trial 's answer . Across species , across tasks , and even across conspecifics with sharper or duller memories , monkeys and humans used the escape option selectively when more indeterminate memory traces were probed . Their pattern of escaping always mirrored the pattern of their primary memory performance across serial positions . Signal-detection analyses confirm the similarity of the animals ' and humans ' performances . Optimality analyses assess their efficiency . Several aspects of monkeys ' performance suggest the cognitive sophistication of their decisions to escape .
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Intervention_Educational
serial probe recognition tasks
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Outcome_Mental
Memory
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Outcome_Mental
response
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Outcome_Mental
used the escape option
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Outcome_Other
Signal-detection analyses
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Optimality analyses
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Outcome_Other
efficiency
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Participant_Condition
animals and humans .