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BINOCULAR FIXATION AND IMMEDIATE MEMORY *
Author(s) -
SAMPSON H.,
SPONG P.
Publication year - 1961
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1961.tb00786.x
Subject(s) - psychology , recall , fixation (population genetics) , numerical digit , cognitive psychology , mechanism (biology) , eye movement , communication , audiology , arithmetic , neuroscience , mathematics , population , demography , sociology , medicine , philosophy , epistemology
Ten right‐handed, right‐eye dominant subjects memorized conventional digits projected successively in pairs, one digit to each eye. Each worked under five different binocular viewing conditions; two delay periods (rehearsal times) were used between successive pairs of digits. Performance was analysed in terms of speed and accuracy of recall of digits projected to each eye. Results suggest a central integrating mechanism of limited capacity in recall, and that temporal grouping of responses is symptomatic of this limited capacity when the mechanism is taxed.