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Subjects differing in imagery ability according to tests of spatial ability learned a paired-associate (PA) list in which either the stimulus or response members were Stroop-type color-word compounds. Either the color name or the color served as the functional attribute. Imagery ability was unrelated to PA learning, but high-imagery Ss were superior to low-imagery Ss in their incidental memory for the irrelevant components of the compound units. The effect was particularly strong in the second of two experiments.
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This research was supported by a National Research Council (NRC) of Canada Postgraduate Scholarship to the first author, an NRC Grant (APA-87) to the second author, and the University of Western Ontario Research Fund.
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Ernest, C.H., Paivio, A. Imagery ability in paired-associate and incidental learning. Psychon Sci 15, 181–182 (1969). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03336270
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