Complex Network Structure Influences Processing in Long-Term and Short-Term Memory

Autor/inn/en	Vitevitch, Michael S.; Chan, Kit Ying; Roodenrys, Steven
Titel	Complex Network Structure Influences Processing in Long-Term and Short-Term Memory
Quelle	In: Journal of Memory and Language, 67 (2012) 1, S.30-44 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0749-596X
DOI	10.1016/j.jml.2012.02.008
Schlagwörter	Short Term Memory; Recognition (Psychology); Recall (Psychology); Long Term Memory; Cognitive Processes; Experiments + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kurzzeitgedächtnis; Recognition; Wiedererkennen; Abberufung; Langzeitgedächtnis; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Erprobung
Abstract	Complex networks describe how entities in systems interact; the structure of such networks is argued to influence processing. One measure of network structure, clustering coefficient, C, measures the extent to which neighbors of a node are also neighbors of each other. Previous psycholinguistic experiments found that the C of phonological word-forms influenced retrieval from the mental lexicon (that portion of long-term memory dedicated to language) during the on-line recognition and production of spoken words. In the present study we examined how network structure influences other retrieval processes in long- and short-term memory. In a false-memory task--examining long-term memory--participants falsely recognized more words with low- than high-"C". In a recognition memory task--examining veridical memories in long-term memory--participants correctly recognized more words with low- than high-"C". However, participants in a serial recall task--examining reintegration in short-term memory--recalled lists comprised of high-"C" words more accurately than lists comprised of low-C words. These results demonstrate that network structure influences cognitive processes associated with several forms of memory including lexical, long-term, and short-term. (Contains 4 tables and 4 figures.) (As Provided).
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