The present study is an attempt to determine whether the build-up and release of PI (Proactive Inhibition) previously reported for verbal STM (Short-Term Memory) can be obtained when visual STM is involved. (Author/RK)

Supported by University of Alberta Grant No. 774 (1967).

Parts of the data described were presented at the meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 10-12, 1969. (MS)

Assesses contributions of specific components of verbal and nonverbal working memory and of phonological awareness to the prediction of reading achievement. Tests 103 primary-age children on phonological awareness, working memory, academic achievement, and verbal intelligence. Finds phonological awareness and measures of working memory predicted…

A fundamental fact of the analysis of variance statistical procedure is that if the omnibus F test of an effect is significant, then there exists at least one contrast of that effect that will be significantly different from zero according to the S-method of Scheffe. The caveat to this rule is that the significant contrast(s) may not be of any…

Individual differences in memory were examined from the levels of processing perspective. The hypothesis that retarded persons process at a more superficial level was not supported. A "Spread of encoding" deficit in retarded persons is favored to explain the recall differences obtained in this experiment. (Author/LMO)

The present experiment was designed to distinquish between verbal and nonverbal encoding of sequentially presented spatial information. (Author)

The present study was designed to test the implication of the rehearsal deficit hypothesis of Brown (1972) and Morin et al. (1970). In it retarded adolescents were given rehearsal training on a keeping-track task. (Author/RK)

The purpose of the present experiment was to examine questions on information specification raised by P. R. Laughlin. Ss were asked to solve one attribute-identification problem, using the selection paradigm. (Author/RK)