Subject preferences and the nature of information stored in short-term memory.

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Explored performance on a memory-span task as a function of the presentation mode that Ss prefer in a 2-part experiment. Part 1 used a memory-span procedure involving 8-letter sequences where the presentation mode (visual or auditory) was randomly mixed. In Part 2 67 undergraduates were exposed to auditory and visual 5-letter sequences simultaneously and could record either the auditory or visual sequence establishing a preference. The compatibility between mode preference in Part 2 and relative performance on visual and auditory items in Part 1 showed that Ss perform better on auditory items regardless of their mode preference. This result supported the notion that short-term memory is basically an auditory storage system. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

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