Memory Representation of Alphabetic Position and Interval Information

Authors

Jerwen Jou, The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyFollow
James W. Aldridge, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-1999

Abstract

The authors conducted 3 sets of experiments. In the 1st set of experiments, participants made alphabetic position estimations. In the 2nd set, participants made interletter distance estimations. In the 3rd set, they made comparative judgments of the alphabetic order of a pair of letters. The results showed that participants had highly accurate ordinal level information about the alphabet in memory but that interval level information was systematically distorted. In addition, alphabetic serial information was found to be used in 2 distinct modes in memory, depending on whether the representation could be contained within the span of immediate memory.

Comments

Original published version available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.25.3.680

Recommended Citation

Jou, J., & Aldridge, J. W. (1999). Memory representation of alphabetic position and interval information. Journal of experimental psychology. Learning, memory, and cognition, 25(3), 680–701. https://doi.org/10.1037//0278-7393.25.3.680

Publication Title

Journal of experimental psychology. Learning, memory, and cognition

DOI

10.1037//0278-7393.25.3.680