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Word frequency and the mixed-list paradox in immediate and delayed serial recall
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Morin, Caroline, Poirier, Marie, Fortin, Claudette and Hulme, Charles (2006) Word frequency and the mixed-list paradox in immediate and delayed serial recall. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review , Vol.13 (No.4). pp. 724-729. doi:10.3758/BF03193987 ISSN 1069-9384.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/BF03193987
Abstract
In free recall tasks, when low- and high-frequency items are mixed within the to-be-remembered lists, the usual recall advantage found for high-frequency words is eliminated or reversed. Recently, this mixed-list paradox has also been demonstrated for short-term serial recall (Hulme, Stuart Brown, & Morin, 2003). Although a number of theoretical interpretations of this mixed-list paradox have been proposed, researchers have also suggested that it could simply be a result of participant-controlled strategies (M. J. Watkins, LeCompte, & Kim, 2000). The present study was designed to assess whether this explanation could be applied to immediate and delayed serial recall. The results showed that high-frequency words were recalled better than low-frequency words in pure lists, but that this effect was eliminated in mixed lists, whether they were given under intentional or incidental learning conditions. This pattern suggests that the mixed-list paradox cannot be explained by participant-controlled strategies.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Psychonomic Bulletin & Review | ||||
Publisher: | Springer New York LLC | ||||
ISSN: | 1069-9384 | ||||
Official Date: | August 2006 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.13 | ||||
Number: | No.4 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 6 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 724-729 | ||||
DOI: | 10.3758/BF03193987 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) |
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