Similar phonemes create interference in the serial recall task.
The mechanisms underlying forgetting have been central to theorising about verbal short-term and working memory, and the importance of interference as opposed to decay continues to be vigorously debated. Here, we present two experiments to evaluate the nature and locus of phonological interference a...
| Published in: | Memory Vol. 33; no. 2; pp. 248 - 259 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Feb2025
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