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The first part of the paper reports an investigation of the effects of the concreteness-imagery (C-I) value of stimuli and responses on the long-term retention of paired-associate lists. With degree of learning equated, the measures of retention after a 1-week interval showed a significant interaction of Stimulus by Response C-I: When the responses had a high value, recall was substantially better with low than with high stimuli; when the responses were low, there was no reliable difference as a function of stimulus value. Recall was best when abstract stimuli were paired with concrete responses. The second part of the paper is addressed to some current issues in the analysis of coding processes. Major emphasis is placed on the experimental and theoretical differentiation of encoding and decoding processes.
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This research was supported by Grant MH 12006 from the National Institute of Mental Health.
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Postman, L., Burns, S. Experimental analysis of coding processes. Memory & Cognition 1, 503–507 (1973). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03208917
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03208917