A spatial modality effect in serial memory.

Full Abstract

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.Copyright 2006 APA

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Author information

Author/s: Tremblay, Sébastien (S); Parmentier, Fabrice B R (FB); Guérard, Katherine (K); Nicholls, Alastair P (AP); Jones, Dylan M (DM);

Affiliation: Ecole de psychologie, Universite Laval, Quebec City, PQ, Canada. sebastien.tremblay(-atsign-)psy.ulaval.ca

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Journal of experimental psychology. Learning, memory, and cognition (J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-Sep; vol 32 (issue 5) : pp 1208-15

Dates: Created 2006/08/29; Completed 2006/12/20;

PMID: 16938058, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Acoustic Stimulation - methods
Adult
Analysis of Variance
Auditory Perception - physiology
Humans
Memory - physiology

Middle Aged
Photic Stimulation - methods
Reaction Time - physiology
Serial Learning - physiology
Space Perception - physiology
Verbal Behavior - physiology

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