Retroactive effects of irrelevant speech on serial recall from short-term memory

D. Norris, A.D. Baddeley, M.P.A. Page

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Abstract

Five serial recall experiments are reported. In four of the five it is shown that irrelevant sound (IS) has a retroactive effect on material already in memory. In the first experiment, IS presented during a filled retention interval had a reliable effect on list recall. Four further experiments, three of which used retroactive IS, showed that IS continued to have an effect on recall following a long, filled retention interval. Articulatory suppression during visual input was found to abolish the long-lasting, retroactive effect of IS, supporting the idea that IS affects the phonological loop component of short-term memory. IS also, therefore, seems to affect a longer term memory system with which the loop interacts.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1093-1105
JournalJournal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition
Volume30
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2004

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