Multiple Interference Effects in Short-Term Recognition Memory

Five experiments, using a probe recognition procedure, examined the codes involved in short-term memory. Interference effects were obtained for probes with an orthographic, associative, or semantic relationship to a memory set item. The orthographic interference effects appeared to result from match...

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Published in:The American journal of psychology 1998-04, Vol.111 (1), p.89-118
Main Authors: Bartha, Michael C., Martin, Randi C., Jensen, Cary R.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Error rates
Experimentation
Graphemes
Humans
Interference
Interference (Perception)
Memory
Memory interference
Memory, Short-Term - physiology
Modeling
Psychological aspects
Psychology
Reaction Time
Recognition
Recognition (Memory)
Recognition (Psychology)
Semantic models
Semantics
Short-term memory
Spreading activation models
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Visual Perception - physiology
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Summary:Five experiments, using a probe recognition procedure, examined the codes involved in short-term memory. Interference effects were obtained for probes with an orthographic, associative, or semantic relationship to a memory set item. The orthographic interference effects appeared to result from matches on the basis of abstract letter codes (i.e., graphemes) rather than overlap of visual features. The associative and semantic effects differed from what might be predicted on the basis of spreading activation, suggesting that these effects are qualitatively different from semantic priming effects observed in lexical decision tasks. These results support models of short-term memory in which items are represented as groups of features and recognition depends on a comparison of the features of the probe to those of the memory set items.
ISSN:0002-9556
1939-8298
DOI:10.2307/1423539