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ERIC Number: EJ790548
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-May
Pages: 9
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ISSN: ISSN-0749-596X
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Whole Report versus Partial Report in RSVP Sentences
Potter, Mary C.; Nieuwenstein, Mark; Strohminger, Nina
Journal of Memory and Language, v58 n4 p907-915 May 2008
A sentence is readily understood and recalled when presented one word at a time using rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP) at 10 words/s [Potter, M. C. (1984). Rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP): A method for studying language processing. In D. Kieras & M. Just (Eds.), "New methods in reading comprehension research" (pp. 91-118). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.]. In contrast, selecting just two colored letters at 10 letters/s results in easy detection of the first target but poor recall for the second when it appears 200-500 ms later. This attentional blink disappears when all letters must be reported; instead, performance drops more gradually over serial position [Nieuwenstein, M. R., & Potter, M. C. (2006). Temporal limits of selection and memory encoding: A comparison of whole versus partial report in rapid serial visual presentation. "Psychological Science," 17, 471-475.]. Would target words in sentences escape an attentional blink? Subjects either reported two target words (in red or uppercase) or the whole 10-word sentence. There was a blink for Target 2 in partial report, but that target was easily remembered in whole report. With scrambled sentences whole report dropped but partial report was unaffected, again showing a blink. The attentional blink is not due to memory processing of Target 1, but to target selection, which is incompatible with sentence processing.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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