Year: 1971
Type: article
Abstract: The 5s performed a memory-scanning task in which they indicated whether or not a given test stimulus (letter or picture) matched one of a previously memorized set of letters. The test stimuli presented during a given session were either exclusively letters (a letter session), exclusively pictures (a picture session), or a random sequence of both (a mixed session). Reactiontime functions relating response latency to the size of the memorized set of letters were plotted, and the data are discussed in the context of the scanning models previously proposed by S. Sternberg. The reaction time functions of letter sessions and picture sessions were found to be consistent with the exhaustive model for memory scanning. However, the functions for mixed sessions deviated markedly from the predictions of such a model. The context in which a scanning task is imbedded appears to have a substantial effect on reaction time functions. Evidence that scans of information stored in short-term memory are serial and exhaustive
DOI: 10.1037/h0030540
Authors: R. L. Klatzky, J. F. Juola, R. C. Atkinson
Institution: Stanford University
Language: English
Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2028980496