Iconic memory, location information, and partial report.

S L Chow

doi:10.1037//0096-1523.12.4.455

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Iconic memory, location information, and partial report.

S L Chow

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It has been suggested that the systematic decline of partial report as the delay of the partial-report cue increases is due to a time-related loss of location information. Moreover, the backward masking effect is said to be precipitated by the disruption of location information before and after identification. Results from three experiments do not support these claims when new indices of location information and of item information are used. Instead, it was found that the systematic decline in partial report was due to a time-related loss of item information, and location information was affected neither by the delay of the partial-report cue nor by the delay of backward masking. Subjects adopted the "select-then-identify" mode of processing.

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S L Chow. 1986. Iconic memory, location information, and partial report.. https://doi.org/10.1037/%2F0096-1523.12.4.455

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