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The Effect of Noise on Memory for Spoken Syllables
Author(s) -
Surprenant Aimée M.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
international journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1464-066X
pISSN - 0020-7594
DOI - 10.1080/002075999399648
Subject(s) - psychology , nonsense , noise (video) , syllable , coding (social sciences) , speech recognition , audiology , cognitive psychology , communication , mathematics , computer science , statistics , artificial intelligence , image (mathematics) , medicine , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
Two experiments explore the effects of noise on memory for spoken syllables. Participants identified and then recalled nonsense syllables under different levels of noise. There were significant decrements in memory, even in conditions where there was no effect of the noise on identification of the syllable. The experiments showed effects over all list positions as well as decreases in the final, or recency, portion of the curve. Results suggest that both capacity and dual‐coding play a role in immediate memory.