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In a short-term memory (STM) study a modified “think aloud” method, using automated operant conditioning with points as reinforcers, effectively suppressed covert rehearsal but permitted overt rehearsal. Recall efficiency under modified think aloud conditions, with rehearsal and natural language mediators observable, did not differ significantly from recall efficiency under the silent condition. The new method may make possible observation of verbal mediation in STM and other verbal learning experiments.
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1. This research was supported in part by USPHS Grant MH 11017-01.
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Blackwood, R.O., Link, J.M. A method for observing rehearsal and natural language mediation in short-term memory. Psychon Sci 10, 287–288 (1968). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03331523
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