Dissociation of the Recency Effect and Immediate Memory Span: Evidence from Beginning Readers.

Byrne, Brian; Arnold, Lynn

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ERIC Number: EJ249540

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Publication Date: 1981-Aug

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Dissociation of the Recency Effect and Immediate Memory Span: Evidence from Beginning Readers.

Byrne, Brian; Arnold, Lynn

British Journal of Psychology, v72 pt3 p371-76 Aug 1981

Groups of good and poor readers were tested on free recall of 10-word lists. The poor readers demonstrated as strong a recency effect as the good readers, but showed inferiority in immediate memory span. The results demonstrate a degree of dissociation between the recency effect and memory span. (Author/KC)

Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Comparative Analysis, Memory, Reading Ability, Reading Tests, Recall (Psychology), Retention (Psychology), Word Lists, Young Children

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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