We present a review of frequency effects in memory, accompanied by a theory of memory, according to which the storage of new information in long-term memory (LTM) depletes a limited pool of working memory (WM) resources as an inverse function of item strength. We support the theory by showing that items with stronger representations in LTM (e.g., high frequency items) are easier to store, bind to context, and bind to one another; that WM resources are involved in storage and retrieval from LTM; that WM performance is better for stronger, more familiar stimuli. We present a novel analysis of preceding item strength, in which we show from nine existing studies that memory for an item is higher if during study it was preceded by a stronger item (e.g., a high frequency word). This effect is cumulative (the more prior items are of high frequency, the better), continuous (memory proportional to word frequency of preceding item), interacts with current item strength (larger for weaker items), and interacts with lag (decreases as the lag between the current and prior study item increases). A computational model that implements the theory is presented, which accounts for these effects. We discuss related phenomena that the model/theory can explain. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).

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频率对内存的影响：资源有限的理论。

我们对记忆中的频率效应进行回顾，并结合记忆理论，根据该理论，新信息在长期记忆（LTM）中的存储会耗尽有限的工作记忆（WM）资源池，作为项的逆函数强度。我们通过证明在LTM中具有更强表示性的项（例如，高频项）更易于存储，绑定到上下文以及彼此绑定来支持该理论。WM资源参与了LTM的存储和检索；WM的性能对于更好，更熟悉的刺激效果更好。我们提出了一项对前项强度的新颖分析，从九项现有研究中我们可以看出，如果在学习过程中先有一个较强的项（例如，高频单词），则该项的记忆力更高。这种影响是累积性的（更多的先前项目是高频的，更好），连续（记忆与前一项的单词频率成正比），与当前项的强度相互作用（弱项则较大）和滞后（随着当前项与先前研究项之间的滞后性增加而减小）。提出了实现该理论的计算模型，该模型考虑了这些影响。我们讨论模型/理论可以解释的相关现象。（PsycINFO数据库记录（c）2019 APA，保留所有权利）。我们讨论模型/理论可以解释的相关现象。（PsycINFO数据库记录（c）2019 APA，保留所有权利）。我们讨论模型/理论可以解释的相关现象。（PsycINFO数据库记录（c）2019 APA，保留所有权利）。