Hulme, Charles, Neath, Ian, 1965-, Stuart, George, Shostak, Lisa, Surprenant, Aimée M. and Brown, G. D. A. (Gordon 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. ISSN 0278-7393

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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
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics
Divisions:	Faculty of 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
Date:	May 2006
Volume:	Vol.32
Number:	No.3
Number of Pages:	9
Page Range:	pp. 586-594
Identification Number:	10.1037/0278-7393.32.3.586
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/33473

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