EFFECTS OF TARGET VALUE AND THE INTERACTION OF SHORT-AND LONG-TERM MEMORIES ON HUMAN INFORMATION PROCESSING.

Abstract

Six major experiments were conducted to examine the effects of target value upon the reporting of briefly exposed symbolic data and to consider the interaction of this variable with a proposed interaction between short- and long-term memory. The accuracy of reporting the high-valued stimuli was, in general, superior to that of the low-valued stimuli but this relationship appeared to depend upon the method of payoff employed. It was also found that as the number of values exceeded two, there were decreasing levels of accuracy. It was concluded that completely unfamiliar, non-naturally sequenced stimuli would have to be used to successfully investigate the relationship between short- and long-term memory. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0471915

Entities

People

  • Everett Fergenson
  • Richard E. Christ
  • Warren H. Teichner

Organizations

  • University of Massachusetts Amherst

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Information Processing

Readers

  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.