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PRIMARY MEMORY AND ASSOCIATIVE INTERFERENCE
Author(s) -
COHEN RONALD L.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1970.tb01235.x
Subject(s) - psychology , recall , interference theory , associative property , presentation (obstetrics) , numerical digit , arithmetic , interference (communication) , content addressable memory , cognitive psychology , audiology , cognition , working memory , artificial intelligence , neuroscience , mathematics , computer science , pure mathematics , telecommunications , radiology , artificial neural network , medicine , channel (broadcasting)
RI and PI effects were investigated in two probe digit experiments when varying ( a ) the nature of the retroactive and proactive items and ( b ) the number of proactive items. Two of Waugh & Norman's criteria for a PM experiment were met: no rehearsal during presentation and recall probability curve reached zero. With a presentation rate of 1 digit/sec. both PI and RI effects were found; with a rate of 4 digits/sec. only the presence of PI effects could be established. The discussion deals with the inconsistency between these results and the Waugh & Norman PM model.