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. 2015 Jul 14;52(10):1305–1316. doi: 10.1111/psyp.12471

Table 1.

Signal Detection Terminology

Task Behavioral response True status
FT
Hits Old Old
Correct rejections (CR) New New
False alarms (FA) Old New
Misses (M) New Old
NT
Hits New New
Correct rejections (CR) Old Old
False alarms (FA) New Old
Misses (M) Old New

Note. Areas in bold indicate recognition outcomes with a disagreement between the objective old/new status of a stimulus and the subjective response. FT = familiarity task; NT = novelty task.