Differential recall of derived and inflected word forms in working memory: examining the role of morphological information in simple and complex working memory tasks.

ABSTRACT: Working memory (WM) has been described as an interface between cognition and action, or a system for access to a limited amount of information needed in complex cognition. Access to morphological information is needed for comprehending and producing sentences. The present study probed WM for morphologically complex word forms in Finnish, a morphologically rich language. We studied monomorphemic (boy), inflected (boy+'s), and derived (boy+hood) words in three tasks. Simple span, immediate serial recall of words, in Experiment 1, is assumed to mainly rely on information in the focus of attention. Sentence span, a dual task combining sentence reading with recall of the last word (Experiment 2) or of a word not included in the sentence (Experiment 3) is assumed to involve establishment of a se

SUBMITTER: Service E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4295538 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature