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| Research article summary (published 30 Dec 2001): |
Encoding and output order processes in short-term order recall of distinctive items.
Full Abstract
Adults recalled the order of the letters in one of two four-letter segments following a distractor task. They knew in advance the identity of the letters in each segment. A letter was made distinctive by replacing it with a red dash. This unusual form of distinctiveness generally had negative effects on recall of both the segment containing the missing letter and the absent letter within the segment. Encoding and output processes were manipulated by varying precue information and recall order instructions, respectively. Informing participants in advance whether or not a trial would contain a distinctive (i.e., missing) letter depressed recall. Constraining output order eliminated the disadvantage for the absent letter. The results are discussed in terms of encoding and output order processes in short-term recall of order information.
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Author/s: Healy, Alice F (AF); Cunningham, Thomas F (TF); Parker, James T (JT);
Affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0345, USA.
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Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Journal: Memory (Hove, England) (Memory), published in England. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2002-Jan; vol 10 (issue 1) : pp 29-43
Dates: Created 2001/12/18; Completed 2002/02/27; Revised 2006/11/15;
PMID: 11747574, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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