MEASURED THE RETENTION OF 7-DIGIT STRINGS IN WHICH THE DIGIT IN SERIAL POSITION (SP) 2 WAS RESPEATED IN EITHER SP 4, 5, 6, OR 7 BY RECOGNITION (EXP. I) AND RECALL (EXP. II) WITH 17 STUDENTS. PERFORMANCE ON REPEATED DIGITS WAS FACILITATED RELATIVE TO CORRESPONDING CONTROL DIGITS IN EXP. I. PERFORMANCE ON REPEATED DIGITS WAS INHIBITED (THE RANSCHBURG PHENOMENON) IN EXP. II EXCEPT WHEN THE REPEATED ITEMS WERE MOST CLOSELY ADJACENT. AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO EXPLAIN THE FINDINGS IN TERMS OF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE PROCESSES OF RECOGNITION AND RECALL. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)