title: Issues with the SIMPLE model: comment on Brown, Neath, and Chater (2007).
abstract: SIMPLE (G. D. A. Brown, I. Neath, & N. Chater, 2007) attempts to explain data from serial recall and free recall in the same theoretical framework. While it can fit the free-recall serial-position curves that are the cornerstone of the 2-store buffer model, it does not address 2 classic issues in short-term memory research: similarity effects and presentation-rate effects. Similarity effects in free recall led to important work on organization in free recall, whereas similarity effects in serial recall led to the phonological basis of short-term memory. Presentation-rate effects operate quite differently in free and serial recall. The model also does not consider recall order effects or interresponse times in free recall, which may be problematic.
authors: Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. murdock@psych.utoronto.ca
authors: Bennet
authors: B
authors: Murdock
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011939:Mental Recall; D010700:Phonetics; D011930:Reaction Time