Encoding and immediate serial recall of consonant strings.

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Tested immediate serial recall of consonant strings differing in digram frequency for 4 encoding conditions: pronouncing, spelling, grouping, and a no-instruction control condition. 80 female undergraduates served as Ss. In all encoding conditions, recall was better for strings of high than for strings of low digram frequency. For Ss encountering strings in the low-high order, conditions demanding overt vocalization (pronouncing or spelling) produced superior recall; in the high-low order, no effect of encoding instructions was found. Significant interactions involving serial position indicate that the effects of digram frequency and of encoding condition were both concentrated in the last half of the serial position curve. In the absence of an interaction between digram frequency and encoding condition, it is concluded that the digram frequency effect is not mediated by encoding processes. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

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