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A continuous technique for studying short-term memory of paired-associates was used. For 4, 6, or 8 stimuli, recall was found to be a decreasing function of the number of pairs of items interpolated between study and test on a given item. Reliable differences between the functions for 4, 6, and 8 stimuli were found.
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This study was supported in part by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Grant No. NGR-05-020-036.
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Brelsford, J.W., Keller, L., Shiffrin, R.M. et al. Short-term recall of paired-associates as a function of the number of interpolated pairs. Psychon Sci 4, 73–74 (1966). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03342183
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