Effects of part-set cuing on reminiscence.

Full Abstract

Part-set cuing has frequently been found to inhibit the recall of previously learned information; see Nickerson's 1984 work. This study investigated whether negative part-set cuing effects extend to the disruption of reminiscence, the production of new items, on a delayed second recall trial. 64 psychology students from local Further Education colleges volunteered to participate. Following random assignment to conditions participants were presented 20 unrelated words at 2-sec. intervals. After a 30-sec. interference task participants free recalled. After a delay of 5 or 30 min., part icipants recalled a second time either with or without cues. Part-set cuing inhibited the production of new words (reminiscences). Time delay, however, had no effect on reminiscence.

Author information

Author/s: Dagnall, Neil (N); Parker, Andrew (A); Munley, Gary (G);

Affiliation: Division of Psychology and Social Change, Manchester Metropolitan University, Elizabeth Gaskell Campus, Hathersage Road, Manchester M13 0JA, England. N.Dagnall(-atsign-)mmu.ac.uk

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article

Journal: Perceptual and motor skills (Percept Mot Skills), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2007-Dec; vol 105 (issue 3 Pt 1) : pp 1015-22

Dates: Created 2008/01/30; Completed 2008/02/07;

PMID: 18229555, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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