Serial Position Curve

2012 ◽  
pp. 3050-3052
Author(s):  
Neelima Ranjith
Keyword(s):  
Serial Position ◽  
Serial Position Curve

Primacy and Recency in Recognition of Odours and Recall of Odour Names

1995 ◽  
Vol 81 (3) ◽  
pp. 787-794 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith M. Annett ◽  
Alan W. Lorimer
Keyword(s):  
Free Recall ◽  
Serial Position ◽  
Serial Position Curve ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Elaboration Condition

This study examined the serial position curve for recognition of odours and recall of odour names, both with and without instructions for verbal elaboration. Participants were allocated to one of two experimental conditions, either with instructions to rehearse verbally the stimuli or with no elaboration instructions. After presentation of 17 odours, either recognition or free recall of the odours was tested immediately after presentation of the last target odour. Recognition showed evidence of primacy for the verbal elaboration condition and recency for both instruction conditions. Recall of odour names showed evidence of primacy for the verbal elaboration conditions and recency for both conditions. Instructions to verbalize did not significantly affect over-all performance for either test condition.

Neuroimaging the Serial Position Curve: A Test of Single-Store Versus Dual-Store Models

2005 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. 716-723 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Talmi ◽  
C. L. Grady ◽  
Y. Goshen-Gottstein ◽  
M. Moscovitch
Keyword(s):  
Serial Position ◽  
Serial Position Curve

scholarly journals Ebbinghaus Revisited: Influences of the BDNF Val66Met Polymorphism on Backward Serial Recall Are Modulated by Human Aging

2010 ◽  
Vol 22 (10) ◽  
pp. 2164-2173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shu-Chen Li ◽  
Christian Chicherio ◽  
Lars Nyberg ◽  
Timo von Oertzen ◽  
Irene E. Nagel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Serial Position ◽  
Serial Position Curve ◽  
Genetic Effect ◽  
Backward Recall ◽  
Fundamental Phenomenon ◽  
Bdnf Val66met Polymorphism ◽  
Bdnf Signaling ◽  
Activity Dependent ◽  
The Brain

The brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) plays an important role in activity-dependent synaptic plasticity, which underlies learning and memory. In a sample of 948 younger and older adults, we investigated whether a common Val66Met missense polymorphism (rs6265) in the BDNF gene affects the serial position curve—a fundamental phenomenon of associative memory identified by Hermann Ebbinghaus more than a century ago. We found a BDNF polymorphism effect for backward recall in older adults only, with Met-allele carriers (i.e., individuals with reduced BDNF signaling) recalling fewer items than Val homozygotes. This effect was specific to the primacy and middle portions of the serial position curve, where intralist interference and associative demands are especially high. The poorer performance of older Met-allele carriers reflected transposition errors, whereas no genetic effect was found for omissions. These findings indicate that effects of the BDNF polymorphism on episodic memory are most likely to be observed when the associative and executive demands are high. Furthermore, the findings are in line with the hypothesis that the magnitude of genetic effects on cognition is greater when brain resources are reduced, as is the case in old age.

Primacy and Recency Effects in Immediate Free Recall of Sequences of Spatial Positions

2007 ◽  
Vol 105 (2) ◽  
pp. 483-500 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rita Bonanni ◽  
Patrizio Pasqualetti ◽  
Carlo Caltagirone ◽  
Giovanni Augusto Carlesimo
Keyword(s):  
Free Recall ◽  
Serial Position ◽  
Serial Position Curve ◽  
Presentation Rate ◽  
Recency Effect ◽  
Primacy Effect ◽  
Spatial Position ◽  
Recency Effects ◽  
Task Requirement ◽  
Recall Paradigm

This study evaluated the serial position curve based on free recall of spatial position sequences. To evaluate the memory processes underlying spatial recall, some manipulations were introduced by varying the length of spatial sequences (Exp. 1) and modifying the presentation rate of individual positions (Exp. 2). A primacy effect emerged for all sequence lengths, while a recency effect was evident only in the longer sequences. Moreover, slowing the presentation rate increased the magnitude of the primacy effect and abolished the recency effect. The main novelty of the present results is represented by the finding that better recall of early items in a sequence of spatial positions does not depend on the task requirement of an ordered recall but it can also be observed in a free recall paradigm.

The anchor for the serial position curve

1965 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 267-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Murray Glanzer ◽  
Richard Dolinsky
Keyword(s):  
Serial Position ◽  
Serial Position Curve

Information, Similarity and Vocalization in Serial Learning of Digits

1969 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 311-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Slak
Keyword(s):  
Serial Position ◽  
Factorial Design ◽  
Serial Position Curve ◽  
Serial Learning ◽  
Learning Task ◽  
The Other ◽  
Intralist Similarity ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Decimal Numbers ◽  
The Difference

32 Ss were given a serial learning task involving either quinary or decimal numbers. The reading of items was silent for one half and aloud for the other half of the Ss in a 2 × 2 factorial design. As evidenced by trials-to-criterion, quinary numbers were significantly more difficult to learn. Vocalization resulted in slower learning, but the difference was not significant. There was no interaction between the two factors. Additional analysis revealed a strong difference in the serial position curve between the two vocalization conditions, the aloud condition resulting in a stronger recency and weaker primacy effect. In learning numerically coded information, the decimal code was interpreted as superior to the quinary code because of higher information per item and lower intralist similarity.

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