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This study investigated (1) the relation between GSRs occasioned by external events and by recall of these events, and (2) clustering in free recall based on categories of subjective pleasantness, unpleasantness, and neutrality. A set of 15 pictures (of which five were categorized as pleasant, five as unpleasant and five as neutral) were presented to S. When S later recalled information about these pictures, there was no consistent relation between presentation and recall GSRs. In another part of the experiment S attempted to recall names which had previously been given to each picture. Clustering of these names by the pleasantness, unpleasantness or neutrality of their referents (the pictures) was observed, and was attributed, in part, to S’s naming subjectively similar experiences with associatively related names.
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Smith, E.E., Sloboda, W. Some relations between affect and recall: An exploratory study. Psychon Sci 12, 257–258 (1968). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03331298
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