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Inter‐event differences in action memory
Author(s) -
HELSTRUP TORE
Publication year - 1993
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.1467-9450.1993.tb01129.x
Subject(s) - psychology , action (physics) , recall , encoding (memory) , cognitive psychology , associative property , phrase , verb , communication , linguistics , mathematics , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics , pure mathematics
Two experiments examined the effect of verb‐noun connectivity on recall of simple action phrases, under motor and nonmotor encoding conditions. Connectivity, measured by associative overlap and rated belongingness, was found to make a difference. High‐connectivity pairs are better recalled than low‐connectivity pairs. Primacy effects are absent with low‐connectivity pairs, but generally present with high‐connectivity pairs—irrespective of encoding conditions. Inter‐item action phrase differences thus influence the effects studied in action memory research. The results were discussed in terms of strategic and nonstrategic conceptions of memory for actions.