Cross-linguistic differences in the immediate serial recall of consonants versus vowels

2011 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 605-621 ◽  
Author(s):  
ELIZABETH M. KISSLING
Keyword(s):  
Serial Recall ◽  
Short Term Memory ◽  
First Language ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Term Memory ◽  
Immediate Serial Recall ◽  
Arabic Speakers ◽  
Native Arabic Speakers ◽  
Native Speakers Of English ◽  
Arabic And English

ABSTRACTThe current study investigated native English and native Arabic speakers’ phonological short-term memory for sequences of consonants and vowels. Phonological short-term memory was assessed in immediate serial recall tasks conducted in Arabic and English for both groups. Participants (n= 39) heard series of six consonant–vowel syllables and wrote down what they recalled. Native speakers of English recalled the vowel series better than consonant series in English and in Arabic, which was not true of native Arabic speakers. An analysis of variance showed that there was an interaction between first language and phoneme type. The results are discussed in light of current research on consonant and vowel processing.

Absence of a Cross-Modal “Suffix Effect” in Short-Term Memory

1970 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Morton ◽  
C. M. Holloway
Keyword(s):  
Serial Recall ◽  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Suffix Effect ◽  
Auditory Stimuli ◽  
Auditory Presentation ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Stimulus List ◽  
Term Memory ◽  
Immediate Serial Recall ◽  
Selective Increase

Three experiments are reported involving the presentation of lists of either letters or digits for immediate serial recall. The main variable was the presence or absence of a suffix-prefix, an item (tick or cross) occurring at the end of the list which had to be copied before recall of the stimulus list. With auditory stimuli and an auditory suffix-prefix there was a large and selective increase in the number of errors on the last few serial positions—the typical “suffix effect”. The suffix effect was not found with auditory stimuli and a visual suffix-prefix nor with a visual stimulus and an auditory suffix-prefix. These results are interpreted as supporting a model for short-term memory proposed by Crowder and Morton (1969) in which it is suggested that with serial recall information concerning the final items following auditory presentation has a different, precategorical, origin from that concerning other items.

scholarly journals Short-Term Memory and Aphasia: From Theory to Treatment

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (01) ◽  
pp. 017-028 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irene Minkina ◽  
Samantha Rosenberg ◽  
Michelene Kalinyak-Fliszar ◽  
Nadine Martin
Keyword(s):  
Serial Recall ◽  
Language Processing ◽  
Language Production ◽  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Word Retrieval ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Position Effects ◽  
Term Memory ◽  
Immediate Serial Recall ◽  
Treatment Research

This article reviews existing research on the interactions between verbal short-term memory and language processing impairments in aphasia. Theoretical models of short-term memory are reviewed, starting with a model assuming a separation between short-term memory and language, and progressing to models that view verbal short-term memory as a cognitive requirement of language processing. The review highlights a verbal short-term memory model derived from an interactive activation model of word retrieval. This model holds that verbal short-term memory encompasses the temporary activation of linguistic knowledge (e.g., semantic, lexical, and phonological features) during language production and comprehension tasks. Empirical evidence supporting this model, which views short-term memory in the context of the processes it subserves, is outlined. Studies that use a classic measure of verbal short-term memory (i.e., number of words/digits correctly recalled in immediate serial recall) as well as those that use more intricate measures (e.g., serial position effects in immediate serial recall) are discussed. Treatment research that uses verbal short-term memory tasks in an attempt to improve language processing is then summarized, with a particular focus on word retrieval. A discussion of the limitations of current research and possible future directions concludes the review.

Word-frequency effects on short-term memory tasks: Evidence for a redintegration process in immediate serial recall.

1997 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 1217-1232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Hulme ◽  
Steven Roodenrys ◽  
Richard Schweickert ◽  
Gordon D. A. Brown ◽  
Sarah Martin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Word Frequency ◽  
Serial Recall ◽  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Term Memory ◽  
Immediate Serial Recall ◽  
Frequency Effects

Inverting the modality effect in serial recall

2002 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 371-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Philip Beaman
Keyword(s):  
Serial Position ◽  
Serial Recall ◽  
Serial Position Curve ◽  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Verbal Material ◽  
Modality Effect ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Term Memory ◽  
Immediate Serial Recall

Differences in recall ability between immediate serial recall of auditorily and visually presented verbal material have traditionally been considered restricted to the end of to-be-recalled lists, the recency section of the serial position curve (e.g., Crowder & Morton, 1969). Later studies showed that—under certain circumstances–differences in recall between the two modalities can be observed across the whole of the list (Frankish, 1985). However in all these studies the advantage observed is for recall of material presented in the auditorily modality. Six separate conditions across four experiments demonstrate that a visual advantage can be obtained with serial recall if participants are required to recall the list in two distinct sections using serial recall. Judged on a list-wide basis, the visual advantage is of equivalent size to the auditory advantage of the classical modality effect. The results demonstrate that differences in representation of auditory and visual verbal material in short-term memory persist beyond lexical and phonological categorization and are problematic for current theories of the modality effect.

Effect of Perceiving Computing to Be an Acquirable Skill upon a Computer-Mediated Serial Recall Task

2005 ◽  
Vol 100 (2) ◽  
pp. 354-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. J. Brosnan
Keyword(s):  
Serial Recall ◽  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Recall Task ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Term Memory ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Serial Recall Task ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Pencil And Paper ◽  
Traditional Assessments

Serial recall tasks assess the capacity of verbal short-term memory. The perception of computing as an acquirable skill rather than a fixed ability affected performance upon computer-based serial recall tasks but did not affect performance on comparable pencil-and-paper tasks. Computerized versions of traditional assessments should control for this.

scholarly journals Evaluating the Evidence for a Dissociation Between Speech and Emotion Effects in Short-Term Memory

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Wiens
Keyword(s):  
Serial Recall ◽  
Experimental Psychology ◽  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Hypothesis Tests ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Term Memory ◽  
Emotional Words ◽  
Missing Item

Marsh et al. (2018, Journal of Experimental Psychology-Learning Memory and Cognition, 44, 882-897) reported finding a dissociation between the effects of serial recall tasks and those of a missing-item task on the disruptive effects of speech and of emotional words, as predicted by the duplex-mechanism account. Critically, the reported analyses did not test specifically for this dissociation. To address this issue, I re-analyzed the Marsh et al. data and added Bayesian hypothesis tests to measure the strength of the evidence for a dissociation. This commentary is submitted to Meta-Psychology.

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