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Kowialiewski, Benjamin; Gorin, Simon; Majerus, Steve – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2021
Long-term memory knowledge is considered to impact short-term maintenance of item information in working memory, as opposed to short-term maintenance of serial order information. Evidence supporting an impact of semantic knowledge on serial order maintenance remains weak. In the present study, we demonstrate that semantic knowledge can impact the…
Descriptors: Long Term Memory, Short Term Memory, Semantics, Serial Ordering
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Tehan, Gerald; Tolan, Georgina Anne – Journal of Memory and Language, 2007
The word length effect has been a central feature of theorising about immediate memory. The notion that short-term memory traces rapidly decay unless refreshed by rehearsal is based primarily upon the finding that serial recall for short words is better than that for long words. The decay account of the word length effect has come under pressure…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Serial Ordering, Recall (Psychology), Vocabulary