Parmentier Fabrice B R, King Suzanne, Dennis Ian
School of Psychology, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, England.
Psychon Bull Rev. 2006 Jun;13(3):458-65. doi: 10.3758/bf03193870.
In the present study, we examined the role of randomly arranged temporal intervals preceding and following items (pre- and postitem intervals, respectively) in auditory verbal and spatial recall tasks. The duration of the pre- and postitem intervals did not affect serial recall performance. This finding calls into question (1) the suggestion that the interval following an item permits the consolidation of information in memory, even in a relatively demanding spatial task, and (2) the prediction that temporal distinctiveness should improve performance. The latter was explored further by showing that in contrast to our empirical data, a relative temporal distinctiveness model produced significant increases in recall performance when pre- and postitem intervals increased. The results are discussed with regard to recent studies revisiting the role of temporal isolation in short-term serial memory.
在本研究中，我们考察了在听觉言语和空间回忆任务中，项目前后随机安排的时间间隔（分别为项目前间隔和项目后间隔）所起的作用。项目前间隔和项目后间隔的时长并未影响系列回忆表现。这一发现对以下两点提出了质疑：（1）即便在要求相对较高的空间任务中，项目后的间隔也能使记忆中的信息得到巩固这一观点；（2）时间独特性应能提高表现的预测。通过表明与我们的实证数据相反，当项目前间隔和项目后间隔增加时，相对时间独特性模型会使回忆表现显著提高，我们对后者进行了进一步探究。我们结合最近重新审视时间隔离在短期系列记忆中作用的研究对结果进行了讨论。
