The primary question motivating this study was whether semantic information supports the phonological maintenance of whole word traces in verbal short-term memory, even when phonological-lexical experience is equated.
– Savill et al. (94)
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This article by Dr Nicola Savill and colleagues examines whether semantic information increases the stability of new words’ phonological trace, independently of phonological familiarity, in verbal short-term memory.
If we assume that the phonological system has an in-built capacity to maintain a string of speech sounds in order, we might envisage that semantic information can constrain the order of phonemes in verbal STM.
– Savill et al. (86)
Dr Savill and colleagues’ article can be downloaded here.
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