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Botvinick, Matthew; Bylsma, Lauren M. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2005
Previous research has shown that short-term memory for serial order can be influenced by background knowledge concerning regularities of sequential structure. Specifically, it has been shown that recall is superior for sequences that fit well with familiar sequencing constraints. The authors report a corresponding effect pertaining to serial…
Descriptors: Error Patterns, Short Term Memory, Prior Learning, Sequential Learning