Auditory similarity and the independence of short- and long-term memory
Document Type
Article
Publication Source
Acta Psychologica
Publication Date
1976-01-01
Volume
40
Issue
1
First Page
1
Last Page
8
Abstract
Items in long and short-term (LTM and STM respectively) memory stores were simultaneously memorized by Ss to determine whether the contents would interact. The stores varied in terms of acoustic confusability. It was found that for certain conditions high acoustic similarity in LTM and STM actually facilitated STM performance and this contradiction to the classical literature was termed the auditory similarity reversal effect (ASRE). The ASRE was explained in terms of a recoding of LTM when acoustic similarity was high which would lead to reduced functional similarity to the high acoustic similarity material in STM and yield better STM performance. © 1976.
DOI
10.1016/0001-6918(76)90038-X
Recommended Citation
Cimbalo, Richard S.; Baldwin, Jacqueline M.; and Neider, Linda L., "Auditory similarity and the independence of short- and long-term memory" (1976). Articles & Book Chapters. 495.
https://digitalcommons.daemen.edu/faculty_scholar/495
https://doi.org/10.1016/0001-6918(76)90038-X