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Title: Effects of Domain-Specific Knowledge on Memory for Serial Order
Language: English
Authors: Botvinick, Matthew M.
Source: Cognition. Sep 2005 97(2):135-151.
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Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 17
Publication Date: 2005
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Prediction, Serial Learning, Bayesian Statistics, Serial Ordering, Recall (Psychology), Goodness of Fit
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2004.09.007
ISSN: 0010-0277
Abstract: Knowledge concerning domain-specific regularities in sequential structure has long been known to affect recall for serial order. However, very little work has been done toward specifying the exact role such knowledge plays. The present article proposes a theory of serial recall in structured domains, based on Bayesian decision theory and a set of representational assumptions proceeding from recent computational and neurophysiologic research. The theory suggests that the accuracy with which a target sequence will be recalled is influenced by two interacting factors: (1) the "goodness" of the sequence, i.e. its fit with the sequencing constraints that characterize its source domain, and (2) the sequence's neighborhood relations, i.e. the degree to which it resembles other sequences in the source domain. A specific prediction of the theory is that recall will be relatively poor for target lists with high-goodness near neighbors (the good neighbor effect). This prediction was tested and confirmed in an experiment evaluating recall for sequences based on an artificial grammar.
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Entry Date: 2006
Accession Number: EJ724167
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