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SPERLING 1960

Aim: To indicate the duration of SM

Method: Shown a grid of digits for 50 milliseconds. Either wrote down all 12 or heard a tone and wrote that row

GRID OF DIGITS

7 1 v f High tone

x l 5 3 Medium tone

b 4 w 7 Low tone

Results:

All 12 - recall poorer (42%)

One row - recall better (75%)

Conclusion: Shows information decays rapidly in the SM

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