Capacity limits and length limits in immediate recall : a reconciliation

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Label

Capacity limits and length limits in immediate recall : a reconciliation

Title remainder

a reconciliation

Statement of responsibility

by Zhijian Chen

Creator

• Chen, Zhijian, 1972-

Subject

• Electronic books
• Electronic bookss
• Microfilm.
• Dissertations, Academic -- University of Missouri--Columbia -- Psychology
• Short-term memory
• Recollection (Psychology)

Language

eng

Summary

The objective of this study is to understand the nature of chunking in immediate recall. Two general hypotheses were compared: one in which working memory holds only a set of pointers to the information to be recalled, the pointer-only hypothesis (POH), and another in which working memory holds not only the pointer, but also additional material, the pointer-plus hypothesis (PPH). The POH predicted that lists of two-word chunks would be recalled as well as lists of the same number of one-word chunks, whereas the PPH predicted better recall of one-word chunks. Two immediate-recall experiments (one free recall and one serial recall) were conducted with verbal sequences of different lengths containing word singletons or learned word pairs. The results suggest that a set of pointers is sometimes used alone and sometimes supplemented by additional material. These results are interpreted within a dual-processing framework including capacity-limited chunk storage and time-limited phonological storage in working memory. The balance between these mechanisms might be a strategic issue

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Cataloging source

MUU

Degree

M.A.

Dissertation year

2004.

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government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Granting institution

University of Missouri-Columbia

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• bibliography
• theses

Target audience

specialized