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Ward, Geoff; Tan, Lydia; Grenfell-Essam, Rachel – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2010
In 4 experiments, participants were presented with lists of between 1 and 15 words for tests of immediate memory. For all tasks, participants tended to initiate recall with the first word on the list for short lists. As the list length was increased, so there was a decreased tendency to start with the first list item; and, when free to do so,…
Descriptors: Serial Ordering, Recall (Psychology), Experimental Psychology, Universities
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Oztekin, Ilke; McElree, Brian – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2010
The response-signal speed-accuracy trade-off (SAT) procedure was used to investigate the relationship between measures of working memory capacity and the time course of short-term item recognition. High- and low-span participants studied sequentially presented 6-item lists, immediately followed by a recognition probe. Analyses of composite list…
Descriptors: Familiarity, Serial Ordering, Short Term Memory, Correlation