Avons, Stephen Edward
(2017).
The spacing effect in cued-memory tasks: Semantic priming re-examined.
[Data Collection]. Colchester, Essex:
Economic and Social Research Council.
10.5255/UKDA-SN-850075
Data description (abstract)
When a person tries to remember materials such as words, repeated items are remembered better if they are separated by other items, rather than being presented together. This spacing effect seems to occur in several ways, but in some circumstances it appears to reflect the influence that the perception of the first presentation has on perception of the second presentation, referred to as priming. In previous ESRC-funded research we established that when unfamiliar materials are used, changing the physical form of the item (eg by changing typefont) reduces the spacing effect, and also reduces priming. This suggests that with these materials, priming and the spacing effect are both tightly tied to the physical form of the stimulus. However, with meaningful materials such as words, changing the physical form has little effect. The reason for this is probably that familiar items are remembered in terms of their meaning, not their physical form. We can test this by investigating the influence of the meaning of one item on another, what is known as semantic priming. If this manipulation influences the spacing effect for familiar materials, it will show that parallel mechanisms operate when the spacing effect is observed with familiar and unfamiliar materials.
Data creators: |
Creator Name |
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ORCID (as URL) |
Avons Stephen Edward |
University of Essex |
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Contributors: |
Name |
Affiliation |
ORCID (as URL) |
Russo Riccardo |
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Sponsors: |
Economic and Social Research Council
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Grant reference: |
RES-000-22-1404
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Topic classification: |
Psychology
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Project title: |
The spacing effect in cued-memory tasks: Semantic priming re-examined
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Grant holders: |
Dr. Stephen Edward Avons, Professor Riccardo Russo
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Project dates: |
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30 September 2005 | 9 December 2007 |
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Date published: |
26 Jan 2009 18:25
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Last modified: |
10 Jul 2017 09:47
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Collection period: |
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1 October 2005 | 9 December 2007 |
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Country: |
United Kingdom |
Data collection method: |
Human experimental response time and accuracy data |
Observation unit: |
Individual |
Kind of data: |
Numeric |
Type of data: |
Experimental data
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Resource language: |
English |
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Data sourcing, processing and preparation: |
Informed consent obtained from participants. Individual data are distinguished by a numerical code in each experiment
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Rights owners: |
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Affiliation |
ORCID (as URL) |
Avons Stephen Edward |
University of Essex |
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Contact: |
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Avons, Stephen Edward | savons@essex.ac.uk | University of Essex | Unspecified |
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Notes on access: |
The Data Collection is available for download to users registered with the UK Data Service.
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Publisher: |
Economic and Social Research Council
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Last modified: |
10 Jul 2017 09:47
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