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The sequence of events (top to bottom) in Experiments 5-8 (left to right) illustrating the examples of the materials used in each experiment. The displays are not drawn to scale. The spacing of the items was the same in each experiment. The bottom four rows show probe displays for the compatibility manipulation. Rows 3 and 4 illustrate probes in which the flanking items are the same as those in the memory list, requiring "yes" (Row 3) and "no" (Row 4) responses
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We report 10 experiments exploring the proposition that memory retrieval is perceptual attention turned inward. The experiments adapt the Eriksen and Eriksen perceptual flanker effect to a memory task in which subjects must decide whether a cued item in a probe display appeared in the same position in a memory list. Previous research with this epis...
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... ran a second set of four experiments to test for compatibility effects. The timing and sequence of events on each trial is presented in Fig. 5. Subjects were presented with lists of four, five, or six letters, words, colors, or pictures followed by probes containing a context of three, four, or five items in addition to the probe item. The contexts were either the same as or different from the items in the memory list (e.g., list STVDPL; same probe STVDPL, different probe ...
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... and stimuli Experiments 5-8 were run online with the same internet protocol, the same spacing, and the same timing as Experiments 1-4 (see Fig. 5). The materials (letters, words, colors, and pictures) and the positioning and spacing of list and probe displays were the same as in Experiments 1-4. The items in the probe displays differed. The uncued positions contained items of the same type instead of fillers (#), and the items were either the same as or different from the ...
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... (letters, words, colors, and pictures) and the positioning and spacing of list and probe displays were the same as in Experiments 1-4. The items in the probe displays differed. The uncued positions contained items of the same type instead of fillers (#), and the items were either the same as or different from the current memory list (see Fig. 5). For displays requiring a "yes" response, the cued position in the probe contained an item that matched the item in the corresponding position in the previous list, as in the previous experiments. For displays requiring a "no" response, the cued position in the probe contained an item that was immediately before or after the cued ...
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... The timing and sequence of events in Experiments 5-8 were the same as in Experiments 1-4. The only difference was the probe displays, which contained other items of the same type in uncued positions (see Fig. 5). As before, subjects had to press the Z or M key to indicate whether the cued item in the probe appeared in the cued position in the list. The basic 2 ("yes" vs. "no" response) × 2 (context same or different) design required four trials. Balancing this design with cue position required 16, 20, and 24 trials for Set Sizes 4, 5, and 6, ...
