Recall of successive brief percepts

Presented 42 female undergraduates with 2 successive 100-msec exposures of letters, circles, or digits. The interstimulus interval was 100 msec. Ss were asked to recall as many items as possible following the 2nd exposure. More 2nd-exposure items were recalled when the 1st items were the same (e.g.,...

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Published in:Canadian Journal of Psychology 1972-12, Vol.26 (4), p.326-335
Main Authors: Baba, Yuji, Donderi, Don
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
College Students
Eye Movements
Female
Fixation, Ocular
Form Perception
Human
Humans
Information Theory
Inhibition (Psychology)
Memory, Short-Term
Recall (Learning)
Stimulus Duration
Visual Fields
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Summary:Presented 42 female undergraduates with 2 successive 100-msec exposures of letters, circles, or digits. The interstimulus interval was 100 msec. Ss were asked to recall as many items as possible following the 2nd exposure. More 2nd-exposure items were recalled when the 1st items were the same (e.g., letters following letters). More 1st-exposure stimuli were recalled when the 2nd items were different (e.g., digits preceding letters). Results indicate a twofold effect of seeing the same items on successive exposures: facilitation of immediate recall and inhibition of recall at a slightly longer interval. Findings are consistent with a system of subordinate and superordinate neural organizations having a limited capacity for maintained activity. (French summary)
ISSN:0008-4255
1196-1961
1878-7290
DOI:10.1037/h0082440