Short-term memory for Chinese characters and radicals

Hue, Chih-Wei; Erickson, James R.

doi:10.3758/bf03197752

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“…The results of this study further confirm the finding of previous studies that sensitivity of STM to phonological similarity is not a function of the nature of the writing system for the language being tested (Erickson et al, 1977;Hue & Erickson, 1988;Ren & Mattingly, in press;Tzeng et al, 1977;Yik, 1978;Zhang & Simon, 1985). The findings of this study also add a new aspect of the phonology, namely, tonal features in tone languages, to the list of the feature classes to which STM is sensitive.…”

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Depth of phonological recoding in short-term memory

1991

Memory & Cognition

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In testing the hypothesis that surface phonetic form is included in short-term memory (STM) representation, the tone sandhi phenomenon in Mandarin Chinese was exploited, and, as a prerequisite, the hypothesis that tonal similarity affects STM of verbal material in a tone language was also tested. In Experiment 1, subjects recalled visually presented sequences of seven monosyllabic Chinese morphemes having either the same tone or different tones. More errors were made on the monotonal sequences than on the multitonal sequences, confirming the effect of tonal similarity on STM. In Experiment 2, subjects recalled visually presented sequences of disyllabic nonsense words. The sequences were designed in such a way that half of them were subject to the tone sandhi rule in Mandarin Chinese, whereas the other half were not. The consequence of applying the tone sandhi rule, as designed, was to make all the first characters in the sequences identical in pronunciation, thus creating potential phonological confusion. More errors, indeed, occurred on the sequences subject to the tone sandhi rule than on those not subject to it, indicating the existence of a surface phonetic representation in STM. The findings in this study provide further insight into the phonological mechanism of STM. Different accounts for this mechanism are also discussed in the light of the new findings.

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Depth of phonological recoding in short-term memory

1991

Memory & Cognition

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“…However, there have also been some findings indicating visual similarity effects in serial and free recall (Avons & Mason, 1999;Hue & Erickson, 1988;Logie, Della Sala, Wynn, & Baddeley, 2000;Smyth, Hay, Hitch & Horton, 2003;Walker, Hitch, & Duroe, 1993) indicative of at least some involvement of a visual memory system in these tasks.…”

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Repetition learning in the immediate serial recall of visual and auditory materials.

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Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cogni

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In five experiments a Hebb repetition effect, that is, improved immediate serial recall of an (unannounced) repeating list, was demonstrated in the immediate serial recall of visual materials, even when use of phonological STM was blocked by concurrent articulation. The learning of a repeatedly presented letter-list in one modality (auditory or visual) did not transfer to give improved performance on the same list in the other modality. This result was not replicated for word lists, however, for which asymmetric transfer was observed.Inferences are made about the structure of short-term memory and about the nature of the Hebb repetition effect.

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“…Empirical techniques including the effects of visual similarity have suggested that visual structure is maintained in the visuo-spatial sketchpad (Hue & Ericsson, 1988;Logie, Della Sala, Wynn & Baddeley, 2000). The use of irrelevant pictures has suggested that perceived inputs have direct and obligatory access to the system, causing detrimental effects on short-term recall and recognition for visuo-spatial material, analogous to the irrelevant speech effect on the phonological loop (Logie, 1986;Logie & Marchetti, 1991;Toms, Morris, & Foley, 1994).…”

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Maintenance in Visuo-Spatial Working Memory

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Quinn

2007

An International Journal of Psychological Sciences

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Two proposed factors affecting visual working memory maintenance were explored. By means of the dynamic visual noise technique (DVN, Quinn & McConnell, 1996), perceptual structural complexity, and dynamic movement of irrelevant visual information, have been shown to affect memory for subject-generated images, but not for visual inputs. Three experiments manipulated the level of perceptual complexitity (standard DVN vs. dynamic figures, and dynamic vs. static characteristics) of an interfering display, while performing a visual recognition short-term memory task employing novel polygons. Results replicated the lack of standard DVN effect on memory for visual inputs, but showed that an irrelevant visual figure, more structured than standard DVN, decreased performance. Polygon recognition was affected by a static irrelevant visual figure, but was significantly lower when it was dynamic. Interference based on perceptual factors, and spatial displacements of incoming inputs, are discussed within the context of visual working memory mechanisms and architecture.

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Short-term memory for Chinese characters and radicals

Cited by 52 publications

References 26 publications

Depth of phonological recoding in short-term memory

Depth of phonological recoding in short-term memory

Repetition learning in the immediate serial recall of visual and auditory materials.

Maintenance in Visuo-Spatial Working Memory

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