Common modality effects in immediate free recall and immediate serial recall.

ABSTRACT: In 2 experiments, participants were presented with lists of between 2 and 12 words for either immediate free recall (IFR) or immediate serial recall (ISR). Auditory recall advantages at the end of the list (modality effects) and visual recall advantages early in the list (inverse modality effects) were observed in both tasks and the extent and magnitude of these effects were dependent upon list length. Both tasks displayed modality effects with short lists that were large in magnitude but limited to the final serial position, consistent with those observed in the typically short lists used in ISR, and both tasks displayed modality effects with longer lists that were small in magnitude and more extended across multiple end-of-list positions, consistent with those observed in the typically l

SUBMITTER: Grenfell-Essam R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5729966 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature