A MEMORY ADVANTAGE FOR SERIAL LISTS COMPOSED OF ACTIVE WORDS

Authors
LAMARCHE S CAMPBELL M MATHESON P WHISSELL C
Citation
S. Lamarche et al., A MEMORY ADVANTAGE FOR SERIAL LISTS COMPOSED OF ACTIVE WORDS, Perceptual and motor skills, 77(3), 1993, pp. 748-750
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Experimental
Journal title
Perceptual and motor skills → ACNP
ISSN journal
00315125
Volume
77
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Part
1
Pages
748 - 750
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-5125(1993)77:3<748:AMAFSL>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Results from subject-wise and word-wise analyses of recall for four ty pes of emotional fists memorized by 14 subjects confirm that active wo rds (pleasant and active, unpleasant and active) are better recalled t han passive words (pleasant and passive, unpleasant and passive). The standardized formula 'recall = .68 - (serial position) + .24 (activati on)' successfully predicts 53% (R = .73) of variance in the criterion.