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After having received training on a serial list, subjects were shown a series of number-syllable pairs that represented correct or remote positional associations assumed to be formed during serial learning. The subjects indicated for each pair whether or not the number corresponded to the serial position of the syllable. The frequency with which a given association was erroneously recognized as “correct” was a negative exponential function of degree of positional remoteness. The results indicate that the “gradient of remote associations” is not an artifact of differential availability of serial-list items.
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This research was supported by a grant from the National Research Council of Canada, APA 02796. Don Jamieson is now at Carleton University. This paper is sponsored by Roderick Wong, who takes full editorial responsibility for it.
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Johnson, G.J., Jamieson, D. & Curry, C. Remote associations and recognition memory for serial position. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 7, 435–437 (1976). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03337239
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