Saccade Induced Retrieval Enhancement (SIRE) effects refer to the finding that memory can be enhanced when a short period of saccadic eye movements takes place prior to retrieval. Previous published work testifies to this eye-movement advantage but no work has yet examined if SIRE effects can be found when retrieval demands are high as a result of testing non-studied memoranda that are identical in name/conceptual codes, similar in perceptual features, but differ in terms of perceptualitem-specific information. The results indicate SIRE effects can be found under such conditions and are independent of encoding orientation (intentional vs. incidental). More particularly, SIRE effects manifested themselves in terms of the retrieval of item-specific detail and recollection (vs familiarity). In terms of the latter, recollection but not familiarity was enhanced by eye-movements. These findings are considered in the context of extant theories of SIRE and related research that has demonstrated post-encoding and pre-retrieval influence on cognition.
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