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MEMORY AND DISTORTION OF MEANINGFUL WRITTEN MATERIAL *
Author(s) -
DAWES ROBYN MASON
Publication year - 1966
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.2044-8295.1966.tb01006.x
Subject(s) - recall , set (abstract data type) , distortion (music) , psychology , cognitive psychology , subject (documents) , measure (data warehouse) , arithmetic , natural language processing , computer science , data mining , mathematics , amplifier , computer network , bandwidth (computing) , library science , programming language
A method is presented for measuring memory and distortion of meaningful written material. The method is based on the fact that since meaningful material asserts set relations, a subject's memory and distortion of such material may be measured by asking him to recognize or recall set relations, rather than specific verbal units. In addition, a measure of ‘simplification’, in terms of distorted set relations, is proposed. A series of experiments concerned with recognition and recall of set relations reveals that simplification, as defined, does occur. But it does not increase over time.