Brown, G. D. A. (Gordon D. A.), Neath, Ian and Chater, Nick (2008) Serial and free recall : common effects and common mechanisms? a reply to Murdock (2008). Psychological Review, Vol.115 (No.3). pp. 781-785. ISSN 0033-295X

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Abstract

Does a single mechanism underpin serial and free recall? B. Murdock (2008) argued against the claim, embodied in the SIMPLE model of memory (G. D. A. Brown, I. Neath, & N. Chater, 2007), that data from serial and free recall can be accounted for within a unitary model. Here, the many similarities between serial and free recall are noted, and it is suggested that differences may result not from the use of different mechanisms but from task demands and the involvement of rehearsal processes. Rehearsal has not previously been accommodated by temporal distinctiveness models because of their simplifying assumption that items occupy point locations along a temporal dimension in memory. Here, it is suggested that use of representations that acknowledge items' temporal extension allows the scale-similar temporal distinctiveness approach to account for several additional phenomena that lie outside the scope of other models.

Item Type:	Journal Item
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Behavioural Science Faculty of Science > Psychology
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Recollection (Psychology), Memory, Time
Journal or Publication Title:	Psychological Review
Publisher:	American Psychological Association
ISSN:	0033-295X
Date:	July 2008
Volume:	Vol.115
Number:	No.3
Number of Pages:	5
Page Range:	pp. 781-785
Identification Number:	10.1037/a0012563
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/29610

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