Short-term memory for serial order supports vocabulary development: New evidence from a novel word learning paradigm

Majerus, Steve; Boukebza, Claire

doi:10.1016/j.jecp.2013.07.014

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“…Indeed, the group difference in filler performance found in the current study even suggest such a difference in immediate-recall performance. As we have mentioned already in our introduction, several recent studies have further highlighted the importance of the serialorder component of STM in relation to language learning and reading (e.g., Leclercq & Majerus, 2010;Martinez Perez et al, 2012b;Majerus & Boukebza, 2013). This suggests that both short-term memory for serial-order and the long-term Hebb learning of lists over multiple trials are strongly implicated in language processing and learning (see also Mosse & Jarrold, 2008).…”

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Linking memory and language: Evidence for a serial-order learning impairment in dyslexia

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Szmalec

Hachmann

et al. 2015

Research in Developmental Disabilities

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The present study investigated long-term serial-order learning impairments, operationalized as reduced Hebb repetition learning (HRL), in people with dyslexia. In a first multi-session experiment, we investigated both the persistence of a serial-order learning impairment as well as the long-term retention of serial-order representations, both in a group of Dutch-speaking adults with developmental dyslexia and in a matched control group. In a second experiment, we relied on the assumption that HRL mimics naturalistic word-form acquisition and we investigated the lexicalization of novel wordforms acquired through HRL. First, our results demonstrate that adults with dyslexia are fundamentally impaired in the long-term acquisition of serial-order information. Second, dyslexic and control participants show comparable retention of the long-term serial-order representations in memory over a period of one month. Third, the data suggest weaker lexicalization of newly acquired word-forms in the dyslexic group. We discuss the integration of these findings into current theoretical views of dyslexia.

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Linking memory and language: Evidence for a serial-order learning impairment in dyslexia

Bogaerts

Szmalec

Hachmann

et al. 2015

Research in Developmental Disabilities

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“…One criticism of the phonological storage hypothesis is that many of the research studies testing this hypothesis involve concurrent data (e.g., Gathercole, Service, Hitch, Adams, & Martin, 1999;Majerus & Boukebza, 2013) that cannot identify the direction of any possible causal effects (Melby-Lervåg et al, 2012). Another related criticism is that the results from the few existing longitudinal studies have been distinctly mixed.…”

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Longitudinal relationships between language and verbal short-term memory skills in children with Down syndrome

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Lyster

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Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

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“…Generally, STM is recognised and playing an important role in everyday cognition (Majerus, 2009;Cowan, 1999). Moreover, the role of STM for order has also been highlighted in cognitive development and in particular in learning new words (Cowan, 1999;Majerus & Boukebza, 2013). One of the roles of STM that is regarded as central is the short-term maintenance of the order of events (Majerus, 2009).…”

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Order recall in verbal short-term memory: The role of semantic networks

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This is the accepted version of the paper.This version of the publication may differ from the final published version. Permanent repository link:http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/4660/ Link to published version: http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13421-014- Copyright and reuse: City Research Online aims to make research outputs of City, University of London available to a wider audience. Copyright and Moral Rights remain with the author(s) and/or copyright holders. URLs from City Research Online may be freely distributed and linked to. AbstractIn their recent paper, Acheson, MacDonald, and Postle (2011) made an important but controversial suggestion: they hypothesised that a) semantic information has an effect on order information in short-term memory (STM) and b) that order recall in STM is based on the level of activation of items within the relevant lexico-semantic long-term memory (LTM) network.However, verbal STM research typically has led to the conclusion that factors such as semantic category have a large effect on the number of correctly recalled items and little or no impact on order recall (Poirier & Saint-Aubin, 1995;Tse, 2009;Saint-Aubin, Ouellette, & Poirier, 2005).Moreover most formal models of short-term order memory currently suggest a separate mechanism for order coding -that is one that is separate from item representation and not associated with long-term memory lexico-semantic networks. Both of the studies reported here We are all familiar the experience of reading a paper in our field of expertise. Expressions are recognised, some arguments and ideas are anticipated, and grasping the experimental logic is facilitated by our understanding of the strategies in the area. Our previous knowledge of the constituents of the paper significantly supports our understanding of the work. In important ways, this example illustrates one of the most fundamental functions that memory performs:allowing the past to support and guide our present interactions with the world. This is the issue that motivated the current work; the studies reported here examine the interaction between semantic knowledge and the last few seconds of our most recent past -the content of verbal short-term memory (STM).Here, STM is viewed as a less general system than working memory. More specifically, STM is defined as the system that carries out the temporary maintenance of information necessary for many mental or cognitive operations and tasks (Baddeley, 1986). Generally, STM is recognised and playing an important role in everyday cognition (Majerus, 2009;Cowan, 1999). Moreover, the role of STM for order has also been highlighted in cognitive development and in particular in learning new words (Cowan, 1999;Majerus & Boukebza, 2013). One of the roles of STM that is regarded as central is the short-term maintenance of the order of events (Majerus, 2009). As a simple example, consider keying in a new security code, address, or phone number. These can of course be written down, but even in order to do so, they must be maintained in order long eno...

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Short-term memory for serial order supports vocabulary development: New evidence from a novel word learning paradigm

Cited by 47 publications

References 55 publications

Linking memory and language: Evidence for a serial-order learning impairment in dyslexia

Linking memory and language: Evidence for a serial-order learning impairment in dyslexia

Longitudinal relationships between language and verbal short-term memory skills in children with Down syndrome

Order recall in verbal short-term memory: The role of semantic networks

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