Showing papers by "Ian Neath published in 2005"

Fill-in and infill errors in order memory.

Abstract: Many current models of memory are specified with enough detail to make predictions about patterns of errors in memory tasks. However, there are often not enough empirical data available to test these predictions. We report two experiments that examine the relative frequency of fill‐in and infill errors. In immediate serial recall tasks, subjects sometimes incorrectly recall item N too soon, placing it in position N−1. The error of interest is which item is recalled after this initial mistake. A fill‐in error is the tendency to recall item N−1 next, whereas an infill error is the tendency to recall item N+1 next. Both experiments reveal more fill‐in than infill errors, not only overall but at each possible error location throughout the list. The overall ratio is approximately 2:1. We conclude that none of the currently existing models adequately accounts for fill‐in and infill errors.

Short-term and working memory: past, progress, and prospects.

Abstract: A little over 20 years ago, Robert Crowder (1982) proclaimed the demise of short‐term memory. Why, then, organise a conference whose principal theme is short‐term memory? Further, why devote this s...

Is the interference between memory processing and timing specific to the use of verbal material

Abstract: Increasing load in a memory task performed simultaneously with a timing task shortens perceived time, an effect that has been observed previously with memory tasks using verbal material. The present experiments examine whether two similar memory tasks, one in which verbal material is used and another one in which nonverbal material is used, would produce similar interference effects on concurrent time reproduction. In Experiment 1, the number of nonverbal stimuli (pseudo‐random dot patterns) was manipulated in a memory task performed while a temporal interval to be reproduced was encoded. Reproductions shortened proportionally to the duration of memory processing executed during time estimation. Verbal stimuli (consonants) were used in Experiment 2 in otherwise identical experimental conditions. Effects observed in Experiment 2 were comparable to those obtained in Experiment 1. Taken together, these results support the notion that interference from memory tasks on concurrent time estimation is not determi...

Temps et mémoire

Abstract: Resume Cet article presente une synthese d'elements theoriques et empiriques concernant la relation entre l'estimation du temps et la memoire de travail. On trouve dans ces deux domaines de recherche des observations et idees communes qui suggerent une influence bidirectionnelle : la memoire jouerait un role dans l'estimation temporelle et l'information temporelle pourrait etre utilisee dans la memorisation. Des donnees empiriques qui montrent cette relation, ainsi que des modeles theoriques qui integrent les processus temporels et mnemoniques sont discutes dans le present article.

Short-term/working memory : the Second Quebec Conference on Short-Term/Working Memory

Abstract: 1 MS 004. M. Duncan, S. Lewandowsky, The Time Course of a Response Suppression: No Evidence for a Gradual Release from Inhibition. 2 MS 015. G.J. Hitch, M.C. Fastame, B. Flude, How Is the Serial Order of a Verbal Sequence Coded? Some Comparisons Between Models. 3 MS 008. B. Murdock, Storage and Retrieval of Serial-order Information. 4 MS 026. A.M. Suprenant, M.R. Kelley, L.A. Farley, I. Neath, Fill-in and Infill Errors in Order Memory. 5 MS 012. K. Haberlandt, J.G. Thomas, H. Lawrence, T. Krohn, Transposition Asymmetry in Immediate Serial Recall. 6 MS 006. S. Lewandowsky, G.D.A. Brown, Serial Recall and Presentation Schedule: A Micro-analysis of Local Distinctiveness. 7 MS 001. N. Cowan, T.D. Johnson, J.S. Saults, Capacity Limits in List Item Recognition: Evidence from Proactive Interference. 8 MS 005. D.J.K. Mewhort, E. E. Johns, Sharpening the Echo: An Iterative-resonance Model for Short-term Recognition Memory. 9 MS 009. G. Ward, S.E. Avons, L. Melling, Serial Position Curves in Short-term Memory: Functional Equivalence Across Modalities. 10 MS 020. P. Gupta, Primacy and Recency in Nonword Repetition. 11 MS 022. J. Saint-Aubin, M. Poirer, Word Frequency Effects in Immediate Serial Recall: Item Familiarity and Item Co-occurrence Have the Same Effect. 12 MS 023. E.B. Lange, K. Oberauer, Overwriting of Phonemic Features in Serial Recall. 13 MS 028. E. Service, S. Maury, E. Luotoniemi, Forgetting and Redintegration of Consonants and Vowels in Pseudoword Lists. 14 MS 002. A.B. Fallon, E. Mak G. Tehan, Lexicality and Phonological Similarity: A Challenge for the Retrieval-based Account of Serial Recall? 15 MS 030. S. Tremblay, A.P. Nicholls, F.B.R. Parmentier, D.M. Jones, Visual Distraction and Visuo-spatial Memory: A Sandwich Effect. 16 MS 018. L. Hendry, An Item/order Tradeoff Explanation of Word Length and Generation Effects. 17 MS 014. G.A. Tolan, G. Tehan, Is Spoken Duration a Sufficient Explanation of the Word Length Effect? 18 MS 034. M. Poirier, R. Schweickert, Silent Reading Rate and Memory Span. 19 MS 003. J.A. Kole, A.F. Healy, C.J. Buck-Gengler, Does Number Data Entry Rely on the Phonological Loop? 20 MS 011. I. Neath, C. Fordin, Is the Interference Between Memory Processing and Timing Specific to the Use of Verbal Material. 21 MS 033. G. Waters, D. Caplan, The Relationship Between Age, Processing Speed, Working Memory Capacity, and Language Comprehension. 22 MS 017. D.M. Bayliss, C. Jarrold, A.D. Baddeley, D.M. Gunn. The Relationship Between Short-term Memory and Working Memory: Complex Span Made Simple? 23 MS 016. E.V. Masoura, S.E. Gathercole, Contrasting Contributions of Phonological Short-term Memory and Long-term Knowledge to Vocabulary Learning in a Foreign Language. 24 MS 032. R.H. Logie, S. Della Sala, N. Beschin, M. Denis, Dissociating Mental Transformations and Visuo-spatial Storage in Working Memory: Evidence from Representational Neglect. 25 MS 024. S. Della Sala, N. Cowan, N. Beschin, M. Perini, Just Lying There, Remembering: Improving Recall of Prose in Amnesic Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment by Minimizing Interference. 26 MS 027. C. Lustig, M.S. Matell, W.H. Meck, Not "Just" a Coincidence: Frontal-striatal Interactions in Working Memory and Interval Timing.