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The dual-coding model (Paivio, 1971, 1975) predicts a larger imaginal component in the recall of pictures relative to words and a larger imaginal component in the recall of concrete words relative to abstract words. These predictions were tested by examining the effect of a recall-concurrent imagery-suppression task (pursuit-rotor tracking) on the recall of pictures vs picture labels and on the recall of concrete words vs abstract words. The results showed that recall-concurrent pursuit-rotor tracking interfered with picture recall, but not word recall (Experiments 1 and 2); however, there was no evidence of an effect of recall-concurrent tracking on the recall of concrete words (Experiment 3). The results suggested a revision of the dual-coding model.
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This paper is based on a dissertation-submitted to Vanderbilt University in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the PhD degree.
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Warren, M.W. The effects of recall-concurrent visual-motor distraction on picture and word recall. Memory & Cognition 5, 362–370 (1977). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03197584
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