ERIC Number: EJ743266
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Publication Date: 2006-Sep
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A Spatial Modality Effect in Serial Memory
Tremblay, Sebastien; Parmentier, Fabrice B. R.; Guerard, Katherine; Nicholls, Alastair P.; Jones, Dylan M.
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, v32 n5 p1208-1215 Sep 2006
In 2 experiments, the authors tested whether the classical modality effect--that is, the stronger recency effect for auditory items relative to visual items--can be extended to the spatial domain. An order reconstruction task was undertaken with four types of material: visual-spatial, auditory-spatial, visual-verbal, and auditory-verbal. Similar serial position curves were obtained regardless of the nature of the to-be-remembered sequences, with the exception that a modality effect was found with spatial as well as with verbal materials. The results are discussed with regard to a number of models of short-term memory.
Descriptors: Serial Ordering, Short Term Memory, Learning Modalities, Experimental Psychology, Spatial Ability, Visual Perception, Auditory Perception, Verbal Ability, Models, Multisensory Learning, Visual Stimuli, Auditory Stimuli
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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