The Working Memory Model and the relationship between immediate serial recall and immediate free recall.

ABSTRACT: The effects of speech-based variables on the immediate serial recall (ISR) task constitute fundamental evidence underpinning the concept of the Phonological Loop component of Working Memory. Somewhat surprisingly, the Phonological Loop has yet to be applied to the immediate free recall (IFR) task although both tasks share similar memoranda and presentation methods. We believe that the separation of theories of ISR and IFR has contributed to the historical divergence between the Working Memory and Episodic Memory literature. We review more recent evidence showing that the two tasks are approached by participants in similar ways, with similar encoding and rehearsal strategies, and are similarly affected by manipulations of word length, phonological similarity, articulatory suppression/concur

SUBMITTER: Ward G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11783987 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature