The effect of stimulus complexity on retrieval of information frown memory
Document Type
Article
Department or Administrative Unit
Psychology
Publication Date
1973
Abstract
Eighteen Subjects performed an item recognition task involving memorized lists of one, two, and three nonsense forms at one of two levels of stimulus complexity. Analysis of RT-set size functions and serial position functions suggested that (a) when the memorized list consisted of simple figures, Subjects engaged in a serial exhaustive search of items stored in memory prior to responding and (b) when the memorized items were complex, an increase in set size was accompanied by a change in search strategy from a backward self-terminating search to a random self-terminating search.
Recommended Citation
Tolin, P., & Delegans, G.M. (1973). The effect of stimulus complexity on retrieval of information frown memory. Memory & Cognition, 1(3), 380–382. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03198123
Journal
Memory & Cognition
Rights
Copyright © 1973, Psychonomic Society, Inc.
Comments
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