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Four experiments were performed to explore visual, tactual, and combined visual-tactual learning in adults. A recognition experiment demonstrated visual training or testing to be superior to tactual training or testing. A recall experiment showed visual learning to be superior to both tactual learning and combined visual-tactual learning. A pretraining procedure, using either familiar or unfamiliar tactual stimuli, showed that a lack of experience with tactual stimuli did not affect performance. In an experiment varying order of presentation, Ss receiving visual stimulation before tactual stimulation recalled more than Ss receiving the reverse order. The results were interpreted as indicating the superiority of visual information processing. Combining tactual with visual stimulation resulted in decreased performance.
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Fico, J.M., Brodsky, H.S. The effect of visual and tactual stimulation on learning of abstract forms. Psychon Sci 27, 246–248 (1972). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03328952
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