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Science 19 July 1985:
Vol. 229. no. 4710, pp. 287 - 289
DOI: 10.1126/science.9304205
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Science, Vol 229, Issue 4710, 287-289
Copyright © 1985 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Memory processing of serial lists by pigeons, monkeys, and people

AA Wright, HC Santiago, SF Sands, DF Kendrick, and RG Cook

Sensory Sciences Center, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston 77030, USA.

List memory of pigeons, monkeys, and humans was tested with lists of four visual items (travel slides for animals and kaleidoscope patterns for humans). Retention interval increases for list-item memory revealed a consistent modification of the serial-position function shape: a monotonically increasing function at the shortest interval, a U-shaped function at intermediate intervals, and a monotonically decreasing function at the longest interval. The time course of these changes was fastest for pigeons, intermediate for monkeys, and slowest for humans.


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