ERIC Number: EJ689511
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Publication Date: 2004-Nov
Pages: 11
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When Words Collide: Facilitation and Interference in the Report of Repeated Words From Rapidly Presented Lists
Masson, Michael E. J.
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, v30 n6 p1279-1289 Nov 2004
Inhibited encoding is the basis of some accounts of repetition blindness--impaired report of the second occurrence of a repeated word in a rapidly presented word sequence. The author presents evidence for the claim that repetition effects arise from constructive processes of perception and memory that occur to some extent after the word sequence has been presented. Unpredictable postlist cues prompted subjects to report either the entire list or just the final word in the list. Repetition impaired the report of the second occurrence of a repeated word under full report but facilitated the report of such items when only the final word had to be reported. The author modulated this dissociation by presenting repeated words in sentences rather than unrelated word lists. The sensitivity of the effects of repetition to postlist cues supports a construction rather than an encoding inhibition account of repetition blindness.
Descriptors: Cues, Word Lists, Sentences, Psychological Studies, Inhibition, Cognitive Processes, Memory, Perception
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Language: English
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