Abstract:Temporal parameters of recognition memory for pictures and words were investigated in a reaction time experiment. Dark-adapted 5s self-initiated 250msec. exposures of arrays containing eight different stimuli-either pictorial silhouettes or corresponding block-lettered verbal labels-in the peripheral cells of a 3X3 grid. Following every array and a subsequent 3-sec. delay interval, a test item--again, either a four-letter word or a picture-appeared in the center grid square for 250 msec. By quickly pressing a … Show more
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