Testing theories of working memory: On the relevance of semantic distractor features in the irrelevant speech effect on serial recall
Final Report Abstract
The research programme summarized here sought to investigate the role that semantic distractor features play in the disruption of serial recall by task-irrelevant background speech. Before the experiments were conducted, it was widely assumed that semantic distractor features had little to no influence. Against the background of the results reported here and comparable results from other research groups, this assumption can no longer be maintained. The experiments conducted have advanced the state of knowledge about the influence of semantic distractor features in at least two aspects. (1) Contrary to earlier assumptions, the content of irrelevant speech may well have a pronounced effect on the retention of information in working memory. (2) Background speech is routinely processed semantically, even if this processing does not always result in greater disruption.
Publications
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. Implicit memory for irrelevant speech. 58th Conference of Experimental Psychologists in Heidelberg, Germany.
Röer, J. P., Körner, U., Bell, R. & Buchner, A.
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Semantic priming by irrelevant speech. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 24(4), 1205-1210.
Röer, Jan P.; Körner, Ulrike; Buchner, Axel & Bell, Raoul
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A semantic mismatch effect on serial recall. 58th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society in Vancouver, Canada.
Röer, J. P., Bell, R., Körner, U. & Buchner, A.
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Attentional capture by taboo words: A functional view of auditory distraction.. Emotion, 17(4), 740-750.
Röer, Jan P.; Körner, Ulrike; Buchner, Axel & Bell, Raoul
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Semantic processing of irrelevant speech: Larger disruption of serial recall by unexpected words. 59th Conference of Experimental Psychologists in Dresden, Germany.
Röer, J. P., Bell, R., Körner, U. & Buchner, A.
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Semantically unexpected auditory distractor words produce larger disruption. 20th ESCoP conference in Potsdam, Germany.
Röer, J. P., Bell, R., Körner, U. & Buchner, A.
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Irrelevant speech and short-term memory: Is the semantic mismatch effect due to attentional capture? 3rd International Meeting of the Psychonomic Society in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Röer, J. P., Bell, R. & Buchner, A.
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Semantic mismatches and attention shifts to the auditory modality. 60th Conference of Experimental Psychologists in Marburg, Germany.
Röer, J. P., Bell, R. & Buchner, A.
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A semantic mismatch effect on serial recall: Evidence for interlexical processing of irrelevant speech.. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 45(3), 515-525.
Röer, Jan Philipp; Bell, Raoul; Körner, Ulrike & Buchner, Axel
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Auditory Distraction in Short-term Memory: Stable Effects of Semantic Mismatches on Serial Recall. Auditory Perception & Cognition, 2(3), 143-162.
Röer, Jan Philipp; Buchner, Axel & Bell, Raoul
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Semantic processing of auditory distractor speech: What we know and what we still need to find out. 61st Conference of Experimental Psychologists in London, United Kingdom.
Röer, J. P., Bell, R. & Buchner, A.
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Why are semantic mismatches distracting? 16th Conference of the Swiss Psychological Society in Bern, Switzerland.
Röer, J. P.
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A preregistered replication and extension of the cocktail party phenomenon: One’s name captures attention, unexpected words do not.. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 47(2), 234-242.
Röer, Jan Philipp & Cowan, Nelson
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A Replication and an Extension of the Cocktail Party Phenomenon. 63rd Conference of Experimental Psychologists in Ulm, Germany.
Röer, J. P. & Cowan, N.
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A multilingual preregistered replication of the semantic mismatch effect on serial recall.. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 48(7), 966-974.
Röer, Jan Philipp; Bell, Raoul; Buchner, Axel; Saint-Aubin, Jean; Sonier, René-Pierre; Marsh, John E.; Moore, Stuart B.; Kershaw, Matthew B. A.; Ljung, Robert & Arnström, Sebastian
