The list-length effect occurs in cued recall with the retroactive design but not the proactive design.

Ensor, Tyler M., Guitard, Dominic, Bireta, Tamra J., Hockley, William E. and Surprenant, Aimée M. 2019. The list-length effect occurs in cued recall with the retroactive design but not the proactive design. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology/Revue canadienne de psychologie exp{é}}rimentale 74 (1) , pp. 12-24. 10.1037/cep0000187

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Abstract

An ongoing debate in the memory literature concerns whether the list-length effect (better memory for short lists compared with long lists) exists in item recognition (Annis, Lenes, Westfall, Criss, & Malmberg, 2015; Dennis, Lee, & Kinnell, 2008). This debate was initiated when Dennis and Humphreys (2001) showed that, when confounds present in earlier list-length experiments were controlled, the list-length effect disappeared. The issue has yet to be settled. Interestingly, the same confounds present in recognition experiments exist in cued-recall experiments. Here, we implemented Dennis and Humphreys’ (2001) methodological controls to test for the list-length effect in cued recall. In Experiment 1, we found a robust list-length effect when start-of-study items from the long list were tested. However, no list-length effect was found in Experiments 2 and 3 when end-of-study items from the long list were tested. These results are consistent with the view that cued recall is susceptible to retroactive interference but not proactive interference, a position supported by early interference work (e.g., Lindauer, 1968; Melton & von Lackum, 1941).

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Psychology
Last Modified:	15 Nov 2022 15:45
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/153403

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