title: Repetition learning in the immediate serial recall of visual and auditory materials.
abstract: In 5 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 short-term memory 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, United Kingdom. m.2.page@herts.ac.uk
authors.forename: Mike P A
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Page
authors.forename: Nick
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cumming
authors.forename: Dennis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Norris
authors.forename: Graham J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Hitch
authors.forename: Alan M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: McNeil
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008570:Memory, Short-Term; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D010700:Phonetics; D011578:Psycholinguistics; D011932:Reading; D012153:Retention, Psychology; D012660:Semantics; D012691:Serial Learning; D013067:Speech Perception