Savill, Nicola, Metcalfe, Tim, Ellis, Andrew W. et al. (1 more author) (2015) Semantic categorisation of a word supports its phonological integrity in verbal short-term memory. Journal of Memory and Language. pp. 128-138. ISSN 0749-596X
Abstract
In three immediate serial recall (ISR) experiments we tested the hypothesis that interactive processing between semantics and phonology supports phonological coherence in verbal short-term memory (STM). Participants categorised spoken words in six-item lists as they were presented, according to their semantic or phonological properties, then repeated the items in presentation order (Experiment 1). Despite matched categorisation performance between conditions, semantically-categorised words were correctly recalled more often than phonologically-categorised words. This accuracy advantage in the semantic condition was accompanied by fewer phoneme recombination errors. Comparisons with a no- categorisation ISR baseline (Experiment 2) indicated that, although categorisations were disruptive overall, recombination errors were specifically rarer following semantic cate- gorisation. Experiment 3 replicated the key findings from Experiment 1 and also revealed fewer phonologically-related errors following semantic categorisation compared to a per- ceptual categorisation of high or low pitch. Therefore, augmented activation of semantic representations stabilises the phonological traces of words within verbal short-term memory, in line with the ‘‘semantic binding” hypothesis.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2015 Elsevier Inc. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Journal of Memory and Language. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Date of Acceptance: 11/06/2015. |
Keywords: | Immediate serial recall,Language processing,Phoneme binding,Semantic,Verbal short-term memory |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Psychology (York) The University of York |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 21 Jul 2015 15:33 |
Last Modified: | 13 Feb 2025 05:24 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2015.06.003 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.jml.2015.06.003 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:87610 |
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