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The present study, using schematic sport diagrams, examined the perceptual chunking hypothesis (Chase & Simon, 1973a; 1973b) that visual patterns are represented by labels in a limited-capacity, short-term memory. This study, which employed three subject-skill levels and an interpolated processing paradigm, indicated that for experts, information extracted during an 8-second study period has great longevity and durability. Interpolated processing demands, along with an additional encoding activity of a second diagram presentation, had minimal effects on recall performance. This evidence supports the position that meaningful and familiar information abstracted during a brief exposure period is immediately processed in long-term memory, thus facilitating subsequent retrieval.
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This research was partially supported by a Grant-in-Aid of Research from Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, to Daniel J. Garland. This research was presented at the 98th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association in Boston, Massachusetts, August, 1990. We wish to thank Bruce K. Britton for his helpful comments and suggestions on this article, and to express special thanks to Milton H. Hodge for assistance in the preparation of the stimulus materials used in this research.
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Garland, D.J., Barry, J.R. Effects of interpolated processing on experts’ recall of schematic information. Current Psychology 10, 273–280 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02686899
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