Von Restorff Effect

Author(s):  
John N.A. Brown
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1991 ◽  
Vol 69 (7) ◽  
pp. 923 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAVID F. PICK
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2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-96
Author(s):  
Gabriel Lima ◽  
Alina Teldeschi ◽  
Natália Oliveira ◽  
Camila Bernardes ◽  
Cláudia Drummond ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT. The Von Restorff (isolation) effect refers to a stimulus that is more likely to be remembered amongst other stimuli in memory tasks. It has been demonstrated with different age ranges and methodologies. Objective: To investigate: a) the presence of the isolation effect in elders tested with the new Brazilian Portuguese version of the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Task (RAVLT) in which a word with potential emotional weight (mother) was introduced; b) whether isolation effects persist in memory disorders of different degrees of severity (Mild Cognitive Impairment [MCI]; Alzheimer’s Dementia [AD]). Methods: The RAVLT was administered to 287 consecutive volunteers. Individuals underwent medical and neuropsychological evaluation and were further sub-grouped into normal controls (n=114), MCI (n=87) and AD (n=86) patients. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Chi-squared tests were performed. Post-hoc Tukey analysis was conducted to assess significance of group differences. Results: There were significant group effects on the learning curve. A W-shape - instead of the classical U-shape - was found for the serial position curve in all groups. Conclusion: The new Brazilian version of the RAVLT exhibited the Von Restorff effect, where this phenomenon was evident not only in older adults but also patients with MCI and AD, providing further psychometric measures for inter-group analyses.


2006 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 166-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Vitali ◽  
L. Minati ◽  
G. Chiarenza ◽  
A. Brugnolo ◽  
N. Girtler ◽  
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2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mauricio Rangel-Gomez ◽  
Martijn Meeter

1996 ◽  
Vol 110 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phil Reed ◽  
Angela Richards

1967 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin R. Deutsch ◽  
Manny Sternlicht
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1958 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 431-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Swartz ◽  
N. H. Pronko ◽  
Raymond D. Engstrand
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1965 ◽  
Vol 20 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1185-1191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian Chan ◽  
Robert M. W. Travers

Previous research has indicated that, when a serial learning task involves switching sense modality, learning is depressed. The switching involves a period of about 200 msec., which is not a part of the time available for learning. In a serial learning task, with nonsense syllables, sense modality was switched from the auditory to the visual to the auditory or the reverse, but only one switch was involved in the 7-syllable list. The prediction was that a depression would be produced in the learning of the syllable following the switch and that the syllable involved in the switch would be influenced both by the von Restorff effect and by the reduction in time available for learning as a result of switching. At the faster of two speeds some evidence was consistent with predictions.


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