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The effect of list repetition on immediate recall for aurally presented nine-letter lists was studied under two conditions. In the first, a redundant stimulus item was presented as the tenth item in each list, while the suffix was not included in a control condition. As in previous research (Crowder & Morton, 1969), the stimulus suffix selectively interfered with recall at the terminal presentation serial positions, indicating the presence of precategorical acoustic storage. Repetition had a nonselective effect on performance. This result and an analysis of acoustic errors support the inference that qualitative differences in the memory code may lead to differences in other functional properties of the memory trace, such as responsiveness to repetition.
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This research was supported by Grants 2-TO1-MH-08526-09 and 5-RO1-MH-20495 from the National Institutes of Mental Health.
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Dalezman, J.J., Shulman, H.G. Differential effects of repetition on pre- and postcategorical memory traces. Memory & Cognition 2, 306–308 (1974). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03209001
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