Word Imageability

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This paper intends to determine whether semantic representations of words with HI or LI are retained better in short term memory loss when presented visually. For many years imagery was regarded as questionable area of study for experimental cognitive psychology because individual?s visual imagination is inherently private and cannot serve as unbiased observable behavioral data. The paper refers to recent research, which suggests that word imageability greatly influences recognition and recall. The memory task was conducted in a form of immediate serial recall of HI and LI item lists. General prediction and experimental hypothesis were supported by the data. Potential implications of the study and proposed further research are considered in detail.

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"In the theoretical framework of traditional short-term (working) memory, mechanisms of retrieval of information generated a lot of interest in the area of cognitive psychology. A variety of evidence that has accumulated in the past few years suggests that short-term memory processes may be influenced by a number of phonological, orthographical and semantic factors. Researchers designed standard procedures to study memory performance by presenting a list of unrelated items to require reproduction with either immediate free recall or serial recall after some interpolated activity."

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