Temporal-contextual processing in working memory: Evidence from delayed cued recall and delayed free recall tests

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作者
Loaiza, Vanessa M. [1 ]
McCabe, David P. [1 ]
机构
[1] Colorado State Univ, Dept Psychol, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA
关键词
Working memory; Episodic memory; Span tasks; Serial position effects; INDIVIDUAL-DIFFERENCES; OLDER-ADULTS; LAG RECENCY; SPAN TASKS; INFORMATION; RETRIEVAL; CAPACITY; BINDING; FOCUS; TIME;
D O I
10.3758/s13421-011-0148-2
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Three experiments are reported that addressed the nature of processing in working memory by investigating patterns of delayed cued recall and free recall of items initially studied during complex and simple span tasks. In Experiment 1, items initially studied during a complex span task (i.e., operation span) were more likely to be recalled after a delay in response to temporal-contextual cues, relative to items from subspan and supraspan list lengths in a simple span task (i.e., word span). In Experiment 2, items initially studied during operation span were more likely to be recalled from neighboring serial positions during delayed free recall than were items studied during word span trials. Experiment 3 demonstrated that the number of attentional refreshing opportunities strongly predicts episodic memory performance, regardless of whether the information is presented in a spaced or massed format in a modified operation span task. The results indicate that the content-context bindings created during complex span trials reflect attentional refreshing opportunities that are used to maintain items in working memory.
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页码:191 / 203
页数:13
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