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word length effect

Better immediate memory for short words than for long words. The effect is more based on the time required to articulate the words than on the number of syllables. The effect is, however, more general since it has also been observed in delayed serial recall tasks and in immediate and delayed free recall tasks.

• Baddeley, A. D., Thomson, N., & Buchanan, M. (1975). Word length and the structure of short-term memory. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 14(6), 575-589. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-5371(75)80045-4
[Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
• Ellis, N. C., & Hennelly, R. A. (1980). A bilingual word‐length effect: Implications for intelligence testing and the relative ease of mental calculation in Welsh and English. British Journal of Psychology, 71(1), 43–51. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8295.1980.tb02728.x
[Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

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