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Peer reviewedPurdy, Jesse E.; Luepnitz, Roy R. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1982
Sixty-four subjects were presented pictures and later asked to draw them or provide one-word descriptions to test the hypothesis that decreased retention effectiveness occurs because images stored in long-term memory are accessible only through their verbal labels. Recall of pictures was significantly greater than recall of words. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Adults, Higher Education, Long Term Memory, Paired Associate Learning
