SHORT-TERM MEMORY FOR COMPLEX MEANINGFUL VISUAL CONFIGURATIONS: A DEMONSTRATION OF CAPACITY

Abstract

The experiment concerned an aspect of short-term memory somewhat neglected in the past, namely, the ability to remember, i.e., to recognize, complex meaningful visual configurations. S's task was to inspect an extended sequence of photographs of assorted content and to identify those which were occurring for the second time within the sequence. The probability of recognizing the recurrence of a photo as such was very high even with as many as 200 items intervening between its first and second occurrence.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 10, 1964
Accession Number
AD0621592

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  • Raymond S. Nickerson

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Bits
  • Cellulose Acetates
  • Demonstrations
  • Frequency
  • Images
  • Information Processing
  • Materials
  • New Guinea
  • Photographic Images
  • Photographs
  • Photography
  • Probability
  • Psychology
  • Recognition
  • Sequences
  • Social Psychology

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  • Psychology

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  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.