Memory Retrieval from Long and Short Lists
- 6 June 1975
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 188 (4192) , 1031-1033
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.188.4192.1031
Abstract
Reaction time in Sternberg's memory retrieval task with both short and long lists is a bilinear function of list length, changing slope at the limits of memory span. Separate long-term and short-term retrieval processes are implied. An alternative one-process model expressed by a logarithmic function is also considered.Keywords
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