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Article: From brief gaps to very long pauses: Temporal isolation does not benefit serial recall
- Article from:
- Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
- Article date:
- December 1, 2005
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CopyrightCopyright Psychonomic Society, Inc. Dec 2005. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Theoretical explanations of short-term memory for serial order can be classified on the basis of whether or not they invoke time as a causal variable. According to time-based accounts, such as temporal distinctiveness theories, there is an intimate link between time and memory. Event-based theories, by contrast, postulate processes such as interference or rehearsal to account for seemingly temporal phenomena in short-term memory. We report an experiment that examined whether extended temporal isolation benefits serial recall performance. Regardless of whether the participants were quiet or performed articulatory suppression during list presentation, temporal isolation did not benefit memory ...