PSYC 2700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Spatial Memory, Visual Memory, Memory Span
19 Feb 2014
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Amnesics can learn : only certain types of things though, shook hands with a little prick (tiny needle), next day, went to shake hands, and person would take hand back before handshake. 20 seconds delay at end of list with distracter task. Present 1 word and generate the other one (from a pair: results: Strong recency effects even with distracter: suggests: Maybe it has made it into lts, but not very strongly. Kroll et al (1970: evidence for visual coding in sts, task: Shadowing (repeat word for word) + test letter (ex: h) (either aud/vis) Short interval recall 96%, aud = vis. Shulman (1971: evidence for semantic code in sts, task: Probe type: related vs unrelated (e. x: boat/ship: results: false positive when related. Ex: item on list is boat, and probe is ship, they would say yes, ship was on the list : suggests: items can be coded semantically in sts (not just avl)
