TY - JOUR
T1 - Think before You Speak
T2 - Pauses, Memory Search, and Trace Redintegration Processes in Verbal Memory Span
AU - Hulme, Charles
AU - Newton, Philip
AU - Stuart, George
AU - Cowan, Nelson
AU - Brown, Gordon
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 1999/3
Y1 - 1999/3
N2 - Immediate memory span and speed of memory search were assessed for words and nonwords of short and long spoken duration. Memory span was substantially greater for words than for nonwords and for short than for long items, though speed of memory search was unaffected by either length or lexicality. An analysis of the temporal pattern of responses in the memory span task indicated that inter-item pauses were longer between nonwords than words but that these pause durations were unaffected by item length. A model of verbal short-term memory span is described in which trace selection from a short-term store and the redintegration (restoration) of degraded phonological traces both occur in the pauses between saying successive items. Both trace selection and trace redintegration appear to play important roles in accounting for individual differences in memory span.
AB - Immediate memory span and speed of memory search were assessed for words and nonwords of short and long spoken duration. Memory span was substantially greater for words than for nonwords and for short than for long items, though speed of memory search was unaffected by either length or lexicality. An analysis of the temporal pattern of responses in the memory span task indicated that inter-item pauses were longer between nonwords than words but that these pause durations were unaffected by item length. A model of verbal short-term memory span is described in which trace selection from a short-term store and the redintegration (restoration) of degraded phonological traces both occur in the pauses between saying successive items. Both trace selection and trace redintegration appear to play important roles in accounting for individual differences in memory span.
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U2 - 10.1037/0278-7393.25.2.447
DO - 10.1037/0278-7393.25.2.447
M3 - Article
C2 - 10093209
AN - SCOPUS:0033092335
VL - 25
SP - 447
EP - 463
JO - Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition
JF - Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition
SN - 0278-7393
IS - 2
ER -