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A temporal ratio model of memory

Brown, Gordon D. A., Neath, Ian, Chater, Nick·2007·Psychological Review

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A model of memory retrieval is described. The model embodies 4 main claims: (a) temporal memory--traces of items are represented in memory partly in terms of their temporal distance from the present; (b) scale-similarity--similar mechanisms govern retrieval from memory over many different timescales; (c) local distinctiveness--performance on a range of memory tasks is determined by interference from near psychological neighbors; and (d) interference-based forgetting--all memory loss is due to interference and not trace decay. The model is applied to data on free recall and serial recall. The account emphasizes qualitative similarity in the retrieval principles involved in memory performance at all timescales, contrary to models that emphasize distinctions between short-term and long-term memory.

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Authors: Brown, G. D. A., Neath, I., & Chater, N.
Affiliations: University of Warwick (GB)
Memorial University of Newfoundland (CA)
Venue: Psychological Review
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
Published: 2007
Volume: 114
Issue: 3
Pages: 539-576
ISSN: 0033-295X (ISSN-L)
1939-1471
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295x.114.3.539
OpenAlex: W2109740547
Semantic Scholar: 00e9e3984599b9ab357ac69af4f1a47fd23112f1
Cited by: 798
References: 262
Citations by year: 2026: 21 · 2025: 38 · 2024: 34 · 2023: 42 · 2022: 45 · 2021: 57 · 2020: 39 · 2019: 41 · 2018: 47 · 2017: 45 · 2016: 40 · 2015: 54 · 2014: 57 · 2013: 38 · 2012: 41
FWCI: 19.15
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Psychological Review (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
Funders: Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (R000239351; RES 000231038)
Economic and Social Research Council (R000239351; RES 000231038)
Leverhulme Trust (F/215/AY)
Topics: Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Functions and Memory
Keywords: memory retrieval, temporal memory, temporal distance, scale similarity, local distinctiveness, free recall, serial recall, short-term memory, long-term memory
MeSH terms: Attention, Humans, Models, Psychological, Neuropsychological Tests, Mental Recall, Retention, Psychology, Serial Learning

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