PubMed · 1010991
Memory scanning of organized visual material.
Abstract
A recognition memory experiment investigated memory scanning when stimuli were organized but not easily labeled verbally. Subjects were shown a series of three, four, or five pictures followed by a probe stimulus in a paradigm similar to that introduced by Sternberg. Reaction time to the test stimulus served as the dependent measure. The principle findings indicated that the organization of the to-be-remembered sets had a pronounced influence on performance. When sets were disorganized, the retrieval appeared to be a serial process, since reaction time increased with set size. With organized sets, reaction time was independent of set size, suggesting a parallel search.
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D V DeRosa, S Tkacz. 1976. Memory scanning of organized visual material.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1010991/
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