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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Memory Research

Background:

  • Working memory (WM) attention's role in free recall is known.
  • Storage-based WM aspects in episodic retrieval remain underexplored, especially without individual differences.
  • Episodic retrieval characteristics under storage load need further investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the impact of storage-based WM load on episodic retrieval.
  • To assess effects on established free recall benchmarks (primacy, recency, lag-recency).
  • To evaluate WM load's influence on the rate of memory search.

Main Methods:

  • A free recall task was employed.
  • A storage-based WM load was imposed during the recall phase.
  • Effects on recall accuracy, benchmark effects, and memory search rate were measured.

Main Results:

  • Overall recall accuracy was significantly impaired by the WM load.
  • No reliable effects of storage-based WM load were found on primacy, recency, or lag-recency effects.
  • The rate of memory search did not show a commensurate change with recall accuracy impairment.

Conclusions:

  • Storage-based WM load impacts overall episodic recall accuracy.
  • Fundamental episodic retrieval characteristics are robust against storage-based WM load.
  • Findings challenge theories linking episodic retrieval differences solely to memory search rate variations.