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... > phenomenon > memory phenomenon > serial position effect > recency effect > long-term recency effect > changing distractor effect

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changing distractor effect  

Definition

  • In a continuous distraction task, disappearance or attenuation of the long-term recency effect when the nature of the distraction task (e.g. an arithmetic task) required between each presentation of items is different from the nature of the distraction task to perform after the presentation of the last item (e.g. a word reading task).

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  • • Koppenaal, L., & Glanzer, M. (1990). An examination of the continuous distractor task and the « long-term recency effect ». Memory & Cognition, 18(2), 183-195. https:/:doi.org/10.3758/BF03197094

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: open]
  • • Neath, I. (1993). Contextual and distinctive processes and the serial position function. Journal of Memory and Language, 32(6), 820-840. https://doi.org/10.1006/jmla.1993.1041

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: open]

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  • Frank Arnould

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