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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > phonological neighbourhood effect

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phonological neighbourhood effect  

Definition

  • In short-term memory, better memory for words with more phonological neighbours (i.e., non-presented words that differ from target words by only one phoneme) than words with fewer phonological neighbours.

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Clarkson, L., Roodenrys, S., Miller, L. M., & Hulme, C. (2017). The phonological neighbourhood effect on short-term memory for order. Memory, 25(3), 391‑402. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2016.1179330

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

  • • Guitard, D., Miller, L. M., Neath, I., & Roodenrys, S. (2024). Set size and the orthographic/phonological neighbourhood size effect in serial recognition: The importance of randomization, 78(1), 9–16. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology / Revue Canadienne de Psychologie Expérimentale. https://doi.org/10.1037/cep0000320

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

  • • Roodenrys, S., Hulme, C., Lethbridge, A., Hinton, M., & Nimmo, L. M. (2002). Word-frequency and phonological-neighborhood effects on verbal short-term memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 28(6), 1019‑1034. https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.28.6.1019

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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