Is spoken duration a sufficient explanation of the word length effect?

Tolan, G. Anne and Tehan, Gerald (2005) Is spoken duration a sufficient explanation of the word length effect? Memory, 13 (3/4). pp. 372-379. ISSN 0965-8211

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[Abstract]: The word length effect is one of the cornerstones of trace decay plus rehearsal models (TDR) of memory. Words of long spoken duration take longer to rehearse than words of short spoken duration and as such suffer more decay and are thus less well recalled. The current experiment manipulates both syllable length and spoken duration within words of fixed syllable length in an aim to test the assumptions of the TDR model. Our procedures produced robust effects of both syllable length and spoken duration in four measures of the time it takes to pronounce the different types of words. Serial recall for the same materials produced robust syllable effects, but no duration effects.

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Item Type:	Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C)
Refereed:	Yes
Item Status:	Live Archive
Additional Information:	Authors' final version of the text made available in accordance with copyright policy of publisher.
Depositing User:	Assoc Prof Gerry Tehan
Faculty / Department / School:	Historic - Faculty of Sciences - Department of Psychology
Date Deposited:	11 Oct 2007 00:54
Last Modified:	02 Jul 2013 22:41
Uncontrolled Keywords:	word length effect, spoken duration, memory, recall
Fields of Research :	17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 1701 Psychology > 170103 Educational Psychology
Identification Number or DOI:	doi: 10.1080/09658210344000305
URI:	http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/1958

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