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Aug, 2019;237 (8): 1899-1905.

Diffusion modeling of interference and decay in auditory short-term memory.

Tyler D Bancroft, Tyler M Ensor, William E Hockley, Philip Servos, Jeffery A Jones
Author Information
  1. Tyler D Bancroft: Department of Psychology, St. Thomas University, Fredericton, NB, E3B 5G3, Canada. bancroft@stu.ca.
  2. Tyler M Ensor: Department of Psychology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, A1C 5S7, Canada.
  3. William E Hockley: Department of Psychology, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3C5, Canada.
  4. Philip Servos: Department of Psychology, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3C5, Canada.
  5. Jeffery A Jones: Department of Psychology, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3C5, Canada.
PMID: 31098672 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-019-05533-y

Abstract

Decay and interference are two leading proposals for the cause of forgetting from working and/or short-term memory, and mathematical models of both processes exist. In the present study, we apply a computational model to data from a simple short-term memory task and demonstrate that decay and interference can co-occur in the same experimental paradigm, and that neither decay nor interference alone can account for all cases of forgetting.

Keywords

Auditory Decay Diffusion Interference Model Short-term memory

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Grants

  1. N/A/NSERC
  2. N/A/NSERC
  3. N/A/NSERC
  4. N/A/NSERC
  5. N/A/NSERC
  6. N/A/St. Thomas University

MeSH Term

Acoustic Stimulation
Attention
Female
Humans
Male
Memory, Short-Term
Models, Neurological
Journal Article

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