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The Peterson distractor technique was used to investigate the effect of vocalization activity on short-term recall. Ss were required to voice or silently read to-be-remembered consonant trigrams and were tested for recall at retention intervals up to 12.6 sec. It was found that the auditory input resulting from vocalization activity was a facilitating source of information in short-term recall when compared with silent reading of trigrams. The findings further indicate that vocalization activity has its most beneficial effects at the shorter retention intervals.
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Tell, P.M., Voss, B.X. The influence of vocalization activity on short-term recall. Psychon Sci 21, 120–121 (1970). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03335795
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