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Thirty-four subjects performed a task which combined the running memory and ‘throughlist’ distractor paradigms and was designed to permit an echoic consolidation effect across all serial positions , The predicted long-term difference between reading aloud and reading silently was clearly demonstrated and the results were used to argue in support of the ‘indirect-echoic’ hypothesis.
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Mayes, J.T. The modality effect in long-term memory: a test of the echoic-consolidation hypothesis. Current Psychological Research 2, 203–206 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03186761
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