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Watkins, Olga C.; Watkins, Michael J. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory, 1975
Article expressed the view that the buildup and release from proactive inhibition effects in the Brown-Peterson paradigm could be interpreted in terms of the cue-overload principle. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Cues, Experimental Psychology, Inhibition, Memory
Watkins, Michael J.; Watkins, Olga C. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory, 1975
Recently, Nilsson (1975) challenged Watkins's conclusion that the modality effect is a post-categorical phenomenon. In this brief reply the authors argued that Nilsson's findings are not only consistent with the postcategorical interpretation but also inconsistent with the precategorical interpretation. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Critical Thinking, Experimental Psychology, Memory
Watkins, Olga C.; Watkins, Michael J. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory, 1977
Serial position curves for the immediate serial recall of supraspan word lists were investigated as a joint function of input modality and the frequency with which the list words occur in everyday usage. (Editor)
Descriptors: Experimental Psychology, Illustrations, Memory, Psychological Studies