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Lewandowsky, Stephan; Geiger, Sonja M.; Oberauer, Klaus – Journal of Memory and Language, 2008
This article presents four experiments that tested predictions of SOB (Serial Order in a Box), an interference-based theory of short-term memory. Central to SOB is the concept of novelty-sensitive encoding, which holds that items are encoded to the extent that they differ from already-encoded information. On the additional assumption that…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Experiments, Memory, Interference (Language)