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| Research article summary (published 30 Dec 2001): |
Top-down processing and the suffix effect in young and older adults.
Full Abstract
The suffix effect has generally been viewed as reflecting an automatic component involving the terminal item and a component susceptible to top-down influences involving the preterminal items (Balota & Engle, 1981). Recent findings have raised questions about this widely accepted view of the suffix effect by showing that the terminal component is not insensitive to top-down influences (Bloom & Watkins, 1999). In the present study, we attempted to uncover the source of these contradictory findings by assessing whether the terminal item's susceptibility to top-down influences might depend on subjects' first-hand experience of the extent to which recall is affected by the suffix. Furthermore, we examined whether age differences in the suffix effect could be attributed to age-related declines in inhibitory processes. Our findings supported both predictions.
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Author information
Author/s: Pilotti, Maura (M); Beyer, Tim (T); Yasunami, Mariya (M);
Affiliation: Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri , USA. mpilotti(-atsign-)hunter.cuny.edu
Grants: F32 DC00342 (Agency:United States NIDCD)
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Journal: Memory & cognition (Mem Cognit), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2002-Jan; vol 30 (issue 1) : pp 89-96
Dates: Created 2002/04/17; Completed 2002/10/29; Revised 2007/11/14;
PMID: 11958358, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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