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RECOGNITION TESTS OF VISUAL INFORMATION STORAGE
Author(s) -
HOLDING DENNIS H.
Publication year - 1973
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.2044-8295.1973.tb01321.x
Subject(s) - row , psychology , recall , inference , perception , visual perception , cognitive psychology , recognition memory , trace (psycholinguistics) , serial position effect , engram , pattern recognition (psychology) , communication , speech recognition , cognition , artificial intelligence , free recall , computer science , neuroscience , linguistics , philosophy , database
Using recognition rather than recall test procedures gives results which are inconsistent with the main features of the visual trace model for short‐term memory. Recognition efficiency does not deteriorate over time, although rapid decay is postulated by the model. Transposed letter rows are detected as often as rows which reappear at the same position in the test array, suggesting that the storage medium is not directly visual. The number of letters stored appears far less than are presented in the array, but consistent with the perception of a single row. Correspondingly, the response times tend to group into faster reactions, in recognition problems where single row responding is appropriate, and slower reactions which imply that what is reported depends upon decisions based upon inference.