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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > modality effect

Preferred term

modality effect  

Definition

  • In an immediate recall test, better memory performance for an auditory presentation of items compared to a visual presentation, especially for the items at the end of the list (recency effect).

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Corballis, M. C. (1966). Rehearsal and decay in immediate recall of visually and aurally presented items. Canadian Journal of Psychology/Revue canadienne de psychologie, 20(1), 43-51. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0082923

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
  • • Pazdera, J. K., & Kahana, M. J. (2023). Modality effects in free recall: A retrieved-context account. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 49(6), 866–888. https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0001140

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-BSGC0R9H-H

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