Primate Memory: Retention of Serial List Items by a Rhesus Monkey
- 22 August 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 209 (4459) , 938-940
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.6773143
Abstract
A rhesus monkey correctly recognized 86 and 81 percent of 10- and 20-item lists, respectively. It serial position curve was similar in form to a human's curve, revealing prominent primacy and recency effects. The key to these findings was in minimizing proactive interference through the use of a large pool of 211 color photographs.Keywords
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