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In two experiments four different conditions of visual presentation were studied with the purpose of furthering our understanding of the role of temporal and spatial factors underlying modality effects in single-trial free recall. Enriching spatial factors in the visual presentation did not produce a higher performance in the recency part of the serial-position curve, and it was therefore concluded that the modality effect could not be due to any visual handicap. A lag distribution measure was suggested and applied to the data to characterize output order (the order of recall) in single-trial free recall. The two experiments carried out used a within-subjects and a between-subjects design, respectively, and illustrate the importance of the methodological difference between these two designs.
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This research was supported by a Rotary International Fellowship to the senior author and by Research Grants APA 146 from the National Research Council of Canada and OMHF 164 from the Ontario Mental Health Foundation to the junior author.
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Nilsson, LG., Wright, E. & Murdock, B.B. The effects of visual presentation method on single-trial free recall. Memory & Cognition 3, 427–433 (1975). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03212937
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