An alternating sort-recall procedure was used in three experiments to train third-, fifth-, and seventh-grade students in the use of organizational techniques as memory aids. (Author/JMB)

The principal finding of this study is that supplementing verbal description with graphic analogies results in better learning and more positive student attitudes than presenting only verbal descriptions, which supports the view that external imagery also can facilitate complex concept learning. (Author/DEP)

A prose retention study of 12-year-old students indicated that recall is greater for main details than for elaborations. Results are discussed in terms of models of the storage of the story and thematic materials in memory. (Author/DB)

The effectiveness of the Wechsler Memory Scale as a screening test for brain dysfunction when used with "new" scoring procedures was assessed in this cross-validation study. (Editor)

Three experiments contrasted subjects' memory for verbal and figural displays. Data are discussed in terms of a multiple coding model, which is suggested as a more fruitful approach than single-code models such as those proposed by Pylyshyn or Anderson and Bower. (Editor/RK)

Response latency (RL), accuracy, and confidence data were obtained from six subjects, each tested for 20 experimental sessions in a long-term recognition memory paradigm. Based on signal detection theory assumptions, functions were derived that described the relationship between RL and the separation of test item and criterion along a theoretical…

Marks (1973) and Gur & Hilgard (1975) have reported success in predicting performance in visual-memory tasks from scores in a questionnare of self-rated vividness of imagery, i.e. the Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire (VVIQ; Marks, 1973). These findings were disconfirmed in two experiments in which the VVIQ was used and vivid pictures…

Two studies examined recognition memory for pictures in elementary school children and adults. Photographs were used which showed either single objects or multi-object scenes and distractors which differed from targets in that an element had been added, an original element moved, or the vantage point changed. (Author/JMB)

The relationships among retention performance, organizing strategy preference, and grade point average were assessed in 227 college students, with the resulting correlation coefficients suggesting that the type of organizing strategy used in memorizing exerts a strong influence on the recall of paired associates over both short and long periods of…

Four free-recall experiments are reported that investigate the relationship between the organization of rehearsal and the organization of recall. (Editor)

To improve memory in children in early grades or in children at all ages with cognitive problems, it is suggested that the teacher provide verbal interpretations of pictorial information, encourage children to verbalize the pictured material for themselves, and encourage children to create their own mental pictures. (SBH)

Training in memory span-estimation for two age groups of educable mentally retarded children was administered to assess whether such training could lead to long-term improvement in the younger children's knowledge concerning their memory limitations. (SB)

Explored post-visit recall of medication regimens and lifestyle recommendations among 83 elderly clinic patients. Found recall problematic: average patient failed to recall 46 percent of medications. Of 42 patients receiving lifestyle recommendations, 52 percent failed to recall them. Patterns of communication during visits were more strongly…

The four BASIC programs described can be used to control experiments and facilitate classroom demonstrations and laboratory exercises in human memory, operant behavior, and visual discrimination. (RM)