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A divided-attention task was used to study the immediate recall of sentences and to determine whether or not nouns were recalled better than modifiers, verbs were recalled better than nouns, and a normal skewed U-shaped serial position curve could be detected. The answer to all three questions was a qualified yes.
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This study was supported by NIMH Grant MH-17706-01. The author is grateful to M. B. Parker and Rosemary Wearing for recording the sentences and digits, to Bruce Parker for collecting the data, and to Bruce Parker and Rosemary Wearing for assistance in its analysis.
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Wearing, A.J. Word class and serial position in the immediate recall of sentences. Psychon Sci 25, 338–340 (1971). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03335898
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