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This study examined short-term memory performance in a group of familial mental retardates (FMRs), in a group of their mental age peers (MAPs), and in a group of their chronological age peers (CAPs) (N = 13 for each group). Four- and nine-item arrays of consonant letters were presented tachistoscopically (.05-sec exposure) and were immediately reproduced by the Ss. The CAPs reproduced correctly more stimulus items than either the MAPs (p <.01) or the FMRs (p <.02). There was no difference between FMR and MAP performance. Implications of these results were discussed in terms of retardate-normal differences in the area of memory processes.
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Nolan, R.J., Hughes, G.H. An analysis of short-term memory in familial mental retardates. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 1, 173–174 (1973). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03334331
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