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Forty Ss were given a continuous recognition memory test in which each word was presented twice, either in the same print or in different print on the two occasions. The results showed that (a) recognition performance was facilitated to a small but statistically significant extent in the same-print condition and that (b) Ss could reliably report first presentation print for recognized items for at least 11/2 rain. In a second experiment, the stimuli used were nonsense strings of. from five to seven letters instead of words. This manipulation increased the same-print advantage in recognition but reduced Ss’ ability to report first print form. The results indicate that information about the physical features of verbal stimuli is retained in a visual code that is partially’ or wholly independent of the verbal code for the same stimuli. The results are inconsistent with the conclusion that the visual code is stored only as a dependent attribute of the verbal code in memory.
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Tiffs research was supported by Research Grants APA 146 from the National Research Council of Canada and OMHF 164 from the Ontario Mental Health Foundation to B. B. Murdock, Jr. The research was completed while the author was on a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Toronto. The author wishes to thank B. B. Murdock. F. I. M. Craik, R. Lockart, and E. J. Wells for their assistance in the preparation of this article.
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Kirsner, K. An analysis of the visual component in recognition memory for verbal stimuli. Memory & Cognition 1, 449–453 (1973). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03208907
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