Modality Effects in Scanning Nonverbal Information: Evidence for Multiple Memory Codes.
Abstract
The purpose of this experiment was to study memory coding processes as a function of input sensory modality. Some investigators have proposed a single auditory/articulatory code, regardless of stimulus modality, while others have suggested that multiple sensory-specific codes are generated. Subjects in this study learned to associate 10 twelve-sided random polygons with ten complex sounds. These paired associates were then used in several versions of a Sternberg binary choice reaction time task. Results indicated that subjects were able to maintain sensory-specific memory information when it was advantageous to do so. The observed effects were best interpreted in terms of a multiple-code model, in which both a primary (same-modality) code and a weaker associate (opposite-modality) code are simultaneously generated as the to-be-remembered information is input. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA072297
Entities
People
- Reuben L. Hann