scholarly journals Valence of distractor words increases the effects of irrelevant speech on serial recall

2004 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 722-731 ◽  
Author(s):  
Axel Buchner ◽  
Klaus Rothermund ◽  
Dirk Wentura ◽  
Bettina Mehl
Keyword(s):  
Serial Recall ◽  
Irrelevant Speech

scholarly journals Artificially induced valence of distractor words increases the effects of irrelevant speech on serial recall

2006 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 1055-1062 ◽  
Author(s):  
Axel Buchner ◽  
Bettina Mehl ◽  
Klaus Rothermund ◽  
Dirk Wentura
Keyword(s):  
Serial Recall ◽  
Irrelevant Speech

Word Dose in the Disruption of Serial Recall by Irrelevant Speech: Phonological Confusions or Changing State?

1996 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 919-939 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew M. Bridges ◽  
Dylan M. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Serial Recall ◽  
Phonological Similarity ◽  
Verbal Material ◽  
Irrelevant Speech ◽  
Dose Effect ◽  
State Information ◽  
Cast Doubt ◽  
Irrelevant Speech Effect

Irrelevant background speech disrupts serial recall of visually presented lists of verbal material. Three experiments tested the hypothesis that the degree of disruption is dependent on the number of words heard (i.e. word dose) whilst the task was undertaken. Experiments 1 and 2 showed that more disruption is produced if the word dose is increased, thereby providing evidence to support the experimental hypothesis. It was concluded from the first two experiments that the word-dose effect might be the result of increasing the amount of changing-state information in the speech. The results of Experiment 3 supported this conclusion by showing an interaction between word dose and changing-state information. It was noted however that the results might be explained within the working memory account of the disruptive action of irrelevant speech. A further two experiments cast doubt on this possibility by failing to replicate the finding that the phonological similarity between heard and seen material affects the degree of interference (Salamé & Baddeley, 1982). The findings are discussed in relation to the changing state hypothesis of the irrelevant speech effect (e.g. Jones, Madden, & Miles, 1992).

Effects of Irrelevant Speech on Immediate Forward and Backward Serial Recall

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgina A. Tolan ◽  
Gabrielle Lusis ◽  
Gerald Tehan
Keyword(s):  
Serial Recall ◽  
Irrelevant Speech
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