Verbal processes in long-term stimulus-recognition memory.

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Measured the temporal course of stimulus recognition following training in which 256 undergraduates either observed the stimuli or associated them with representative verbal responses. Stimulus recognition was invariant with the passage of time and association formation facilitated stimulus recognition. Aided and free recall of the responses, as well as stimulus recognition, were measured in 68 additional ss through a 28-day retention interval. Although stimulus recognition again showed no loss, response recall did. The proportion of correct recalls, given correct stimulus recognition, decreased over time. Results support the view that representative verbal responses facilitate perceptual recognition by encouraging attention to distinctive features of the stimulus during training, thus providing more rapid stimulus selection of functional cues than that obtained by observation-instructed ss. In addition, stimulus recognition did not depend on recall of associated responses during recognition testing. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

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