Is spoken duration a sufficient explanation of the word length effect?
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Article Title | Is spoken duration a sufficient explanation of the word length effect? |
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ERA Journal ID | 6514 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Tolan, G. Anne (Author) and Tehan, Gerald (Author) |
Journal Title | Memory |
Journal Citation | 13 (3/4), pp. 372-379 |
Number of Pages | 8 |
Year | 2005 |
Place of Publication | Hove, UK |
ISSN | 0965-8211 |
1464-0686 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/09658210344000305 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09658210344000305 |
Abstract | [Abstract]: The word length effect is one of the cornerstones of trace decay plus rehearsal models (TDR) of memory. Words of long spoken duration take longer to rehearse than words of short spoken duration and as such suffer more decay and are thus less well recalled. The current experiment manipulates both syllable length and spoken duration within words of fixed syllable length in an aim to test the assumptions of the TDR model. Our procedures produced robust effects of both syllable length and spoken duration in four measures of the time it takes to pronounce the different types of words. Serial recall for the same materials produced robust syllable effects, but no duration effects. |
Keywords | word length effect, spoken duration, memory, recall |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 520102. Educational psychology |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | Faculty of Sciences |
Department of Psychology |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9y05v/is-spoken-duration-a-sufficient-explanation-of-the-word-length-effect
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