DeRosa D V, Tkacz S
J Exp Psychol Hum Learn. 1976 Nov;2(6):688-94.
A recognition memory experiment investigated memory scanning when stimuli were organized but not easily labeled verbally. Subjects were shown a series of three, four, or five pictures followed by a probe stimulus in a paradigm similar to that introduced by Sternberg. Reaction time to the test stimulus served as the dependent measure. The principle findings indicated that the organization of the to-be-remembered sets had a pronounced influence on performance. When sets were disorganized, the retrieval appeared to be a serial process, since reaction time increased with set size. With organized sets, reaction time was independent of set size, suggesting a parallel search.
一项再认记忆实验研究了在刺激有组织但难以用语言标记时的记忆扫描。在类似于斯滕伯格所采用的范式中，向受试者展示一系列三张、四张或五张图片，随后呈现一个探测刺激。对测试刺激的反应时间作为因变量。主要研究结果表明，待记忆组的组织对表现有显著影响。当组是无序的时候，检索似乎是一个系列过程，因为反应时间随着组的大小而增加。对于有组织的组，反应时间与组的大小无关，这表明是平行搜索。
