Retroactive Effects of Irrelevant Speech on Serial Recall From Short-Term Memory. |
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Authors: | Norris, Dennis Baddeley, Alan D. Page, Michael P. A. |
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Abstract: | The authors report 5 serial-recall experiments. In 4 of the 5 experiments, they show that irrelevant sound (IS) has a retroactive effect on material already in memory. In Experiment 1, IS presented during a filled retention interval had a reliable effect on list recall. Four further experiments, 3 of which used retroactive IS, showed that IS continued to-have an effect on recall following a long, filled retention interval. Articulatory suppression during visual input was found to abolish the long-lasting, retroactive effect of IS, supporting the idea that IS affects the phonological-loop component of short-term memory. IS also, therefore, seems to affect a longer term memory system with which the loop interacts. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
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Keywords: | filled retention interval articulatory suppression retroactive effects short-term memory irrelevant speech serial recall |
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