NEW EVIDENCE ON THE NATURE OF THE ENCODING OF ACTION EVENTS
NEW EVIDENCE ON THE NATURE OF THE ENCODING OF ACTION EVENTS
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DOI:
10.3758/bf03202512
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发表时间:
1986-07-01
影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
CHALOM, D
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作者:
BACKMAN, L;NILSSON, LG;CHALOM, D
Differences in recall patterns between subject-performed tasks (SPTs) and verbal materials have been interpreted in terms of SPTs being nonstrategic or automatically encoded. In a series of three experiments, we tested this notion by comparing free recall of SPTs and sentences in conditions of (1) nondivided versus divided attention for organizable items, (2) organizable versus nonorganizable items, and (3) nondivided versus divided attention for nonorganizable items. It was found that recall of both SPTs and sentences decreased in conditions of divided attention. A decrease in recall was also observed for both types of material when nonorganizable as compared to organizable materials were used. In addition, the degree of clustering was higher for SPTs than for sentences. These data suggest that there is a strategic component involved in the encoding of SPTs. We propose that the action elements of SPTs (e.g., motor features, shape, texture) are automatically encoded, whereas the verbal component is strategically encoded. It is emphasized that organization is an encoding strategy critical to SPT recall.