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The distinctiveness of the word-length effect
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Hulme, Charles, Neath, Ian, Stuart, George, Shostak, Lisa, Surprenant, Aimée M. and Brown, G. D. A. (2006) The distinctiveness of the word-length effect. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, Vol.32 (No.3). pp. 586-594. doi:10.1037/0278-7393.32.3.586 ISSN 0278-7393.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.32.3.586
Abstract
The authors report 2 experiments that compare the serial recall of pure lists of long words, pure lists of short words, and lists of long or short words containing just a single isolated word of a different length. In both experiments for pure lists, there was a substantial recall advantage for short words; the isolated words were recalled better than other words in the same list, and there was a reverse word-length effect: Isolated long words were recalled better than isolated short words. These results contradict models that seek to explain the word-length effect in terms of list-based accounts of rehearsal speed or in terms of item-based effects (such as difficulty of assembling items).
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Recollection (Psychology), Memory -- Experiments, Linguistic analysis (Linguistics), Word (Linguistics) | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition | ||||
Publisher: | American Psychological Association | ||||
ISSN: | 0278-7393 | ||||
Official Date: | May 2006 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.32 | ||||
Number: | No.3 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 9 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 586-594 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1037/0278-7393.32.3.586 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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