title: Serial position effects in implicit and explicit tests of memory.
abstract: The effects of serial position at study on implicit and explicit tests of memory were investigated. Both primary and recency effects were observed in implicit tests of word-stem completion. These effects, however, were transient. No serial position effects were found in the second half of testing (Experiments 1 and 3) or when testing followed a 1-min, filled delay (Experiment 2). Serial position effects were also examined in explicit tests of cued recall. When performance on explicit cued recall was below ceiling levels, a primacy effect persisted throughout testing (Experiment 3). Similarly, in explicit tests of free recall, primacy effects were consistently observed, both with immediate testing (Experiments 1 and 3) and when testing followed a filled delay (Experiment 2).
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley.
authors.forename: F B
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Gershberg
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Shimamura
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory; D011939:Mental Recall; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis