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Interactions between short-term verbal memory rhythm and timing: connectionist modelling and psychological experiment

Reference	S05000
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Neil Burgess
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Emeritus Professor Graham Hitch
Institution	University College London
Department	Cell and Developmental Biology
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	172,115
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/10/1996
End date	01/10/1999
Duration	36 months

Abstract

A recent connectionist model (Burgess, 1995) extends the 'phonological loop' hypothesis and predicts that an oscillatory timing system plays a central role in short-term memory (STM) for serial order. This is supported by pilot data. The model will be developed to provide a detailed explanatory account of the mechanism supporting STM for the phonology and rhythm of serially ordered verbalisable stimuli, including the acquisition of novel vocabulary and the effect of the temporal structure of presentation. Parallel psychological experiments will explore a novel effect whereby STM performance is selectively impaired by entrainment of the internal timing signal to an external rhythm, and the idea that temporary associations involving phonemes, syllables and words are mediated by timing signals with different characteristic frequencies.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Animal Sciences (AS)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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