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Subjects heard descriptions of pictures and were given a recognition test in which the pictures themselves were presented, each picture identical or different with respect to its description. Other Ss had the reverse order, seeing pictures and being tested with changed or unchanged descriptions. With adequate presentation time, recognition accuracy was equally good in either order. In a second experiment, free recall was better for pictures than for descriptions, but both were forgotten at equal rates. These results suggest that more information is taken in from pictures than from descriptions, but that both are equally well retained.
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DALLETT, K., WILCOX, S. G., & D’ANDREA, L. D. Picture memory experiments. J. exp. Psychol., 1968, 76, 312–320.
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1. These experiments were supported by PHS Research Grant No. MH 11080-02, from the National Institute of Mental Health. Computational assistance was furnished by the Health Sciences Computing Facility, UCLA, sponsored by NIH Grant FR-3.
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Dallett, K., Wilcox, S.G. Remembering pictures vs remembering descriptions. Psychon Sci 11, 139–140 (1968). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03331012
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