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RESPONSE LATENCY IN THE SERIAL LEARNING OF SHORT LISTS
Author(s) -
KENNEDY ALAN
Publication year - 1968
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.2044-8295.1968.tb01109.x
Subject(s) - serial position effect , serial learning , psychology , latency (audio) , recall , linear relationship , audiology , free recall , cognitive psychology , communication , arithmetic , statistics , computer science , mathematics , medicine , telecommunications
The relationship between serial position and response latency in the learning and recall of short lists of letters was examined. For a given length of list the relationship was non‐linear, responses to the first and final positions being faster in general than to other positions. Response‐latencies regardless of serial position tended to be longer for a seven‐item list than for a five‐item one. Rate‐of‐presentation was not a relevant variable within the limits of the experimental conditions employed.