TY - JOUR
T1 - Primacy and recency effects in immediate free recall of sequences of spatial positions
AU - Bonanni, Rita
AU - Pasqualetti, Patrizio
AU - Caltagirone, Carlo
AU - Carlesimo, Giovanni Augusto
PY - 2007/10
Y1 - 2007/10
N2 - This study evaluated the serial position curve based on free recall of spatial position sequences. To evaluate the memory processes underlying spatial recall, some manipulations were introduced by varying the length of spatial sequences (Exp. 1) and modifying the presentation rate of individual positions (Exp. 2). A primacy effect emerged for all sequence lengths, while a recency effect was evident only in the longer sequences. Moreover, slowing the presentation rate increased the magnitude of the primacy effect and abolished the recency effect. The main novelty of the present results is represented by the finding that better recall of early items in a sequence of spatial positions does not depend on the task requirement of an ordered recall but it can also be observed in a free recall paradigm.
AB - This study evaluated the serial position curve based on free recall of spatial position sequences. To evaluate the memory processes underlying spatial recall, some manipulations were introduced by varying the length of spatial sequences (Exp. 1) and modifying the presentation rate of individual positions (Exp. 2). A primacy effect emerged for all sequence lengths, while a recency effect was evident only in the longer sequences. Moreover, slowing the presentation rate increased the magnitude of the primacy effect and abolished the recency effect. The main novelty of the present results is represented by the finding that better recall of early items in a sequence of spatial positions does not depend on the task requirement of an ordered recall but it can also be observed in a free recall paradigm.
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U2 - 10.2466/PMS.105.2.483-500
DO - 10.2466/PMS.105.2.483-500
M3 - Article
C2 - 18065070
AN - SCOPUS:36348994993
VL - 105
SP - 483
EP - 500
JO - Perceptual and Motor Skills
JF - Perceptual and Motor Skills
SN - 0031-5125
IS - 2
ER -