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Drewnowski, Adam – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1980
The results of three experiments provide evidence that the observed detrimental effects of acoustic similarity on serial recall may be a consequence of poorer memory for the order of consonant sounds as opposed to vowel sounds. (PMJ)
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Auditory Perception, Consonants, Language Research
Download full textGounard, Beverley Roberts
Forty-eight grade-three children and 48 grade-eight children were presented respectively with six- and eight-letter sequences for written free recall. The older children, as had adult subjects in previous studies, showed a greater tendency to recall serially with a four-letters-per-second presentation rate than with a half- or…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Processes
