British Journal of Psychology · 1958 · 15 citations · 0 references
Social SciencesBehavioral SciencesPsychologyCognitive PsychologyExperimental PsychologyMemoryAttentional ControlInterference EffectsMemory RetrievalAttentionBehavioral IsolationImmediate Serial RecallIsolationItem RecognitionSerial Order EffectsSerial Order Recall
The structure of a list of items in a serial learning task seems to have a reliable influence upon the probability of recalling a particular item. The results pose serious difficulties for either the gestalt or the usual behaviouristic serial interference interpretations. In particular, it would appear that earlier experiments which were explained in terms of Von Restorff's ‘isolation’ effect have overlooked and confounded the variable of structural change.