Acoustic Interference in a Recognition Task
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10124508 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Sutton Lutz (0000-0001-9194-3896, East Carolina University, corresponding author), John Lutz (corresponding author), Karl L Wuensch (0000-0002-7024-8103, East Carolina University) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 116 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 371-384 |
| Publication date | 1989-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of General Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-1309 • E-ISSN: 1940-0888 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00221309.1989.9921124 |
| PMID | 2592957 |
| OpenAlex | W2084919533 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 16 |
Phonetic or acoustic characteristics of stimuli in recall studies have consistently been shown to generate more interference over short intervals than semantic characteristics. We performed three experiments to determine whether this characteristic also applied to recognition processes over short intervals. Subjects were shown study lists of eight words and were asked to recognize which of those words recurred on subsequent eight-word lists. Delays varied from 0 to 100 s between study and test, with a rehearsal-preventing task inserted during the delays. Phonetic distractors generated greater interference than semantic distractors at all delay levels, and semantic distractors generated greater interference than random distractors. These distractor-type differences were not present in long-term recognition tasks. The deterioration in performance over time was considerably slower in these recognition experiments than in previous recall studies
Cognitive psychology · Interference (communication · Recall · Speech recognition · Task (project management · Word (group theory · Computer Science · Deception detection and forensic psychology · EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces · Mathematics · Memory Processes and Influences · Psychology
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |