A temporal distinctiveness theory of recency and modality effects. Glenberg, A. M. & Swanson, N. G. J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn, 12(1):3–15, 1986. abstract bibtex A temporal distinctiveness theory of contextually cued retrieval from memory is presented and applied to recency and modality effects. According to this theory, one part of the mnemonic trace of an item is a representation of the item's time of presentation. Time of presentation may be encoded with a coarse grain (so that it is consistent with a wide range of times) or with a fine grain (so that it is consistent with a narrow range of times). Retrieval proceeds by constructing temporally defined search sets that include representations of items consistent with the temporal bounds of the search set. The temporal width of the search set increases as the retention interval increases. Recency effects arise from retrieval of recently presented items from narrow search sets that include representations of few items; within the context of the search set, these items are distinctive and recalled well. Superiority in recall of recently presented auditory information in comparison with recently presented visual information is attributed to differences in the grain of time of presentation representations for aurally (fine grain) and visually (coarse grain) presented information. Four experiments confirm qualitative and quantitative predictions of the theory, including the prediction of auditory superiority at the beginning of the list when the initial items are temporally distinct.
@Article{Glenberg1986,
author = {Glenberg, A. M. and Swanson, N. G.},
journal = {J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn},
title = {A temporal distinctiveness theory of recency and modality effects.},
year = {1986},
number = {1},
pages = {3--15},
volume = {12},
abstract = {A temporal distinctiveness theory of contextually cued retrieval from
memory is presented and applied to recency and modality effects.
According to this theory, one part of the mnemonic trace of an item
is a representation of the item's time of presentation. Time of presentation
may be encoded with a coarse grain (so that it is consistent with
a wide range of times) or with a fine grain (so that it is consistent
with a narrow range of times). Retrieval proceeds by constructing
temporally defined search sets that include representations of items
consistent with the temporal bounds of the search set. The temporal
width of the search set increases as the retention interval increases.
Recency effects arise from retrieval of recently presented items
from narrow search sets that include representations of few items;
within the context of the search set, these items are distinctive
and recalled well. Superiority in recall of recently presented auditory
information in comparison with recently presented visual information
is attributed to differences in the grain of time of presentation
representations for aurally (fine grain) and visually (coarse grain)
presented information. Four experiments confirm qualitative and quantitative
predictions of the theory, including the prediction of auditory superiority
at the beginning of the list when the initial items are temporally
distinct.},
keywords = {Acoustic Stimulation; Auditory Perception; Cues; Humans; Memory; Physical Stimulation; Psychological Theory; Time Factors; Time Perception; Visual Perception},
language = {eng},
medline-pst = {ppublish},
pmid = {2949048},
timestamp = {2016.02.15},
}
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