title: Delineating the contribution of long-term associations to immediate recall.
abstract: In the present study we examined the contribution of semantic associative links to short-term recall performance by using the separation effect first introduced in free recall studies (Glanzer, 1969). Pairs of associated words were inserted in the to-be-remembered lists. In two experiments associated words were better recalled than non-associated words, and were better recalled when they were adjacent in the list than when they were separated by one non-associated item. In addition results showed that forward associative links among pair members were as beneficial to immediate serial recall as backward associative links. Finally the benefit of associative links among pair members was observed with both forward and backward recall.
authors: a École de psychologie Université de Moncton , New Brunswick , Canada.
authors: Jean
authors: J
authors: Saint-Aubin
authors: Katherine
authors: K
authors: Guérard
authors: Cindy
authors: C
authors: Chamberland
authors: Amélie
authors: A
authors: Malenfant
mesh_terms: D001245:Association Learning; D006801:Humans; D011939:Mental Recall; D013997:Time Factors