Laboratoire de Psychologie, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.
Memory. 2021 Jul;29(6):829-834. doi: 10.1080/09658211.2021.1921216. Epub 2021 Apr 28.
This study investigated the effects of word imageability and orthographic neighbourhood size, as well as their combined effects, in free recall and recognition memory. A total of 45 young adults performed recall and recognition tasks on the same word materials. Word imageability and orthographic neighbourhood size were orthogonally manipulated across four word conditions: low-imageability words - high , [], low-imageability words - low , [], high-imageability words - high , [] and high-imageability - low , []. The results show that word imageability facilitates memory performance in both free recall and recognition tasks, while the effect of orthographic neighbourhood size was exhibited only in the recognition task. Finally, the orthographic neighbourhood effect was found to depend on word imageability. The implications of the results are discussed according to semantic and orthographic word characteristics with regard to the memory processes involved in free recall and recognition tasks.
本研究调查了词的表象性和正字法近邻大小及其组合效应对自由回忆和识别记忆的影响。共有 45 名年轻人在相同的单词材料上进行了回忆和识别任务。词的表象性和正字法近邻大小在四个词条件下被正交操纵：低表象性词-高，[]，低表象性词-低，[]，高表象性词-高，[]和高表象性词-低，[]。结果表明，词的表象性在自由回忆和识别任务中都有助于记忆表现，而正字法近邻大小的影响仅在识别任务中表现出来。最后，发现正字法近邻效应取决于词的表象性。根据自由回忆和识别任务中涉及的语义和正字法词特征，讨论了结果的含义。
