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Recognition memory for a list of words was tested by presenting a series of items with Ss instructed to make positive responses to targets (list items) and negative responses to distractors (nonlist items). The test items were either words or pictures, and they were presented tachistoscopically either to the left or right visual field. The results showed mean response latencies to be generally faster for stimuli presented to the right visual field. Response times were faster for target and distractor stimuli on their second test presentations than on initial tests, but this effect was much larger for targets. Repetitions were shown to decrease the amount of time necessary to execute the stimulus encoding and initial retrieval stages of recognition. This was also true, although to a lesser extent, if different stimulus forms (words or pictures) were used on the two tests. Subsequent recognition stages, including memory search and decision processes. were apparently independent of test stimulus form.
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This paper is based on a dissertation submitted to Stanford University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a doctoral degree in psychology I appreciate the assistance and encouragement of R. C. Atkinson, E. E. Smith, and I. Biederman. the members of my dissertation committee
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Juola, J.F. Repetition and laterality effects on recognition memory for words and pictures*. Memory & Cognition 1, 183–192 (1973). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03198092
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