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  • Title: A spatial modality effect in serial memory.
    Author: Tremblay S, Parmentier FB, Guérard K, Nicholls AP, Jones DM.
    Journal: J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn; 2006 Sep; 32(5):1208-15. PubMed ID: 16938058.
    Abstract:
    In 2 experiments, the authors tested whether the classical modality effect-that is, the stronger recency effect for auditory items relative to visual items-can be extended to the spatial domain. An order reconstruction task was undertaken with four types of material: visual-spatial, auditory-spatial, visual-verbal, and auditory-verbal. Similar serial position curves were obtained regardless of the nature of the to-be-remembered sequences, with the exception that a modality effect was found with spatial as well as with verbal materials. The results are discussed with regard to a number of models of short-term memory.
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