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Encoding strategy and retroactive interference in short‐term memory
Author(s) -
JOHANSSON BO S.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9450
pISSN - 0036-5564
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9450.1975.tb00199.x
Subject(s) - interference theory , recall , psychology , trigram , associative property , encoding (memory) , engram , interference (communication) , cognitive psychology , trace (psycholinguistics) , short term memory , term (time) , cognition , speech recognition , neuroscience , computer science , working memory , mathematics , linguistics , channel (broadcasting) , computer network , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics , pure mathematics
.— The effect of encoding strategy upon retroactive interference in STM was studied. The subjects were presented two trigrams for retention with the Brown‐Peterson method. In half the cases they were to recall both trigrams, in half to recall only the first. The results showed higher recall with the associative than with the rehearsal strategy. An increase in level of retroactive interference was found to increase number of retroactive interference errors in the rehearsal strategy condition and number of omissions in the associative strategy condition. The results were interpreted in terms of the memory trace integration hypothesis.