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Subjects were asked to recall events that occurred on previous days and to verbalize what they were thinking as they arrived at the answer. It was found that there was a significant tendency for Ss to recall past events by moving from a prior event to the event to be recalled, i.e., recall was from the past to the present. This result was interpreted as indicating the frequent use of forward chaining in the recall of a day’s events.
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This article is based on a Master’s thesis submitted to the Graduate School at Howard University by Robert H. Pontious.
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King, D.L., Pontious, R.H. Time relations in the recall of events of the day. Psychon Sci 17, 339–340 (1969). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03335270
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