Long-term phonological knowledge supports serial ordering in working memory.

• DOI: 10.1037/a0038825
• Publication Date: 2015-03-02T17:57:43Z
• Authors: Masataka Nakayama; Yuki Tanida; Satoru Saito
• Keywords: Serial position effect; Sequence (biology); Experimental psychology

Serial ordering mechanisms have been investigated extensively in psychology and psycholinguistics. It has also demonstrated repeatedly that long-term phonological knowledge contributes to serial ordering. However, the contribute yet be fully understood. To understand these mechanisms, we demonstrate 2 effects using triples of Japanese nonwords immediate recall. One, a type bielement frequency effect, is retrograde compatibility effect. Bielement are well-established phenomena whereby 2-element sequence (e.g., "ka-re") frequently appears language instantiates better recall any includes this element "ka-re-su-mo"). We affected both first "ka" for "ka-re"; effect) second part sequence, indicating existence minicontext representations sequences. The other position-element(s) effects, an mora "ka") more 1 position word) than positions facilitates (i.e., mora). article indicate associations elements. These discussed terms extensive learning hypothesis, which assumes structures learned gradually. Implications computational models discussed.