Murray Glanzer
Murray Glanzer appears on this site as first author of the 1966 Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior paper on two storage mechanisms in free recall.
Who they are
The work of Murray Glanzer reaches this site through the paper listed below. On this site the name is tied to Serial Position Effect, The Recency Effect.
Key papers
Glanzer, M., & Cunitz, A. R. (1966). Two storage mechanisms in free recall. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior. What it reports: Reported that slower presentation improved recall of early and middle items but barely changed the last few, while a delay filled with counting removed the recency effect, and read this as evidence for two storage mechanisms.
Key ideas
Serial Position Effect: The tendency to remember items from the start and end of a list better than items from the middle.
The Recency Effect: the advantage of whatever comes last, seen in long sequences and expert judges
Sources
- Glanzer, M., & Cunitz, A. R. (1966). Two storage mechanisms in free recall. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior.