ملخص
Initially inspired by the Atkinson and Shiffrin model, researchers have spent a half century investigating whether actively maintaining an item in working memory (WM) leads to improved subsequent long-term memory (LTM). Empirical results have been inconsistent, and thus the answer to the question remains unclear. We present evidence from 13 new experiments as well as a meta-analysis of 61 published experiments. Both the new experiments and meta-analysis show clear evidence that increased WM maintenance of a stimulus leads to superior recognition for that stimulus in subsequent LTM tests. This effect appears robust across a variety of experimental design parameters, suggesting that the variability in prior results in the literature is probably due to low power and random chance. The results support theories on which there is a close link between WM and LTM mechanisms, while challenging claims that this relationship is specific to verbal memory and evolved to support language acquisition.
اللغة الأصلية | الإنجليزيّة |
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الصفحات (من إلى) | 749-763 |
عدد الصفحات | 15 |
دورية | Memory and Cognition |
مستوى الصوت | 47 |
رقم الإصدار | 4 |
المعرِّفات الرقمية للأشياء | |
حالة النشر | نُشِر - 15 مايو 2019 |
ملاحظة ببليوغرافية
Funding Information:We thank Lauren Skorb, Tianhu Chen, Ning Duan, Rachel Duquette, Julie Hong, David Kocen, Jungho Lee, and Eric Seferian for help with the meta-analysis; Yuhong Jiang, Jenn Richler, Tim Brady, Khena Swallow, Jennifer Richler, Jeroen Raaijmakers, and several anonymous reviewers for comments; and NSF 0345525, NSF GRFP, NDSEG, and NRSA 5F32HD072748.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, The Psychonomic Society, Inc.