In Search of Decay in Verbal Short-Term Memory

Autor/inn/en	Berman, Marc G.; Jonides, John; Lewis, Richard L.
Titel	In Search of Decay in Verbal Short-Term Memory
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 35 (2009) 2, S.317-333 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0278-7393
DOI	10.1037/a0014873
Schlagwörter	Short Term Memory; Verbal Communication; Task Analysis; Role; Cues; Recognition (Psychology); Drills (Practice); College Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kurzzeitgedächtnis; Aufgabenanalyse; Rollen; Stichwort; Recognition; Wiedererkennen; Collegestudent
Abstract	Is forgetting in the short term due to decay with the mere passage of time, interference from other memoranda, or both? Past research on short-term memory has revealed some evidence for decay and a plethora of evidence showing that short-term memory is worsened by interference. However, none of these studies has directly contrasted decay and interference in short-term memory in a task that rules out the use of rehearsal processes. In this article the authors present a series of studies using a novel paradigm to address this problem directly, by interrogating the operation of decay and interference in short-term memory without rehearsal confounds. The results of these studies indicate that short-term memories are subject to very small decay effects with the mere passage of time but that interference plays a much larger role in their degradation. The authors discuss the implications of these results for existing models of memory decay and interference. (Contains 7 figures, 5 tables and 11 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10