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Two studies are reported, using normal children and mental retardates, exploring a method (card guessing game) for studying short-term memory. Some methodological problems were investigated and procedural differences between previous studies were pointed out.
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1. This research was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health, Public Health Service, grant No. MH 10724.
2. We wish to express appreciation to the following for their co-operation in the conduct of these studies: Dr. Joseph E. Barrett, Asst. Supt., Mr. James Price and Mrs. Marilyn Methvin, Staff Psychol., and to Mrs. Mildred McLendon, Dir. Nursing, all of Partlow State School; Mrs. Malcolm G. Edwards, Dir. and Mrs. Gene Williams, Asst. Covenant Presb. Church Nursery-Kindergarten.
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Ellis, N.R., Munger, M. Short-term memory in normal children and mental retardates. Psychon Sci 6, 381–382 (1966). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03330947
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