Immediate sentence-list recall in adults and children : evidence for attention, linguistic proce
This thesis investigated the binding processes involved in the encoding of complex structure in immediate verbal recall. Chapters 2 to 6 compared participants' recall of sentence-lists embedded within an intact story structure (coherent condition) with their recall of the constituent sentences of stories that had been re-ordered prior to presentation (incoherent condition). Dual task methodology was employed to probe the binding processes that underpin recall for within- and across-sentence information. Superior recall for sentence-lists in the coherent than incoherent condition was robust to manipulations of attentional load in Chapters 2 and 3, and simple semantic category judgements in Chapters 4 and 5. However, the coherence advantage effect was not simply impenetrable, but diminished in Chapter 6 with concurrent comprehension of visual scenes. The coherence advantage effect was identified consistently in the recall of across-sentence information, but was more variable in the recall of within-sentence information. This implied that the binding processes operating within- and across-sentences are relatively distinct. It is argued that automatic language processes contribute to within-sentence binding, and
Kapikian, Anna
Immediate sentence-list recall in adults and children : evidence for attention, linguistic proce. This thesis investigated the binding processes involved in the encoding of complex structure in immediate verbal recall. Chapters 2 to 6 compared participants' recall of sentence-lists embedded within an intact story structure (coherent condition) with their recall of the constituent sentences of stories that had been re-ordered prior to presentation (incoherent condition). Dual task methodology was employed to probe the binding processes that underpin recall for within- and across-sentence information. Superior recall for sentence-lists in the coherent than incoherent condition was robust to manipulations of attentional load in Chapters 2 and 3, and simple semantic category judgements in Chapters 4 and 5. However, the coherence advantage effect was not simply impenetrable, but diminished in Chapter 6 with concurrent comprehension of visual scenes. The coherence advantage effect was identified consistently in the recall of across-sentence information, but was more variable in the recall of within-sentence information. This implied that the binding processes operating within- and across-sentences are relatively distinct. It is argued that automatic language processes contribute to within-sentence binding, and
immediate sentence list recall adult_child evidence attention linguistic investigate binding process involved encode complex structure immediate verbal recall compare participant recall sentence lists embed_within intact story structure coherent condition recall constituent sentence story ordered prior presentation incoherent condition dual task employ probe binding process underpin recall within across sentence information superior recall sentence lists coherent incoherent condition robust manipulation attentional load simple semantic category judgement however coherence advantage effect simply diminish concurrent comprehension visual scene coherence advantage effect identify consistently recall across sentence information variable recall within sentence information imply binding process_operate within across sentences relatively distinct argue automatic language process contribute within sentence binding