The simultaneous and successive processing model of cognitive abilities was compared to a traditional primary mental abilities model. Simultaneous processing was found to be primarily related to spatial ability; and to a lesser extent, to memory and inductive reasoning. Subjects were 104 fourth-grade urban males. (Author/GD C)

Using a network of comparisons, B. Hayes-Roth and F. Hayes-Roth found that subjects performed better on adjacent than on nonadjacent comparisons. Results suggested that such networks are processed in a manner fundamentally different from simple linear arrays. Here subjects were required to learn a similar knowledge structure. These results…

A review of some recent experiments suggested that general similarity between words might successfully function as a structural principle for semantic memory. A spatial model based on that assumption is proposed. The relation of this model to network and set-theoretic models of semantic memory is discussed, as is the relation of this model for…

Serial position curves for the immediate serial recall of supraspan word lists were investigated as a joint function of input modality and the frequency with which the list words occur in everyday usage. (Editor)

What processes underlie recognition memory? An explanation of word recognition should be compatible with a general explanation of the functioning of the memory system. The research discussed in this paper lends support to a model of recognition performance based on the marking and storage of lists of features or attributes that define a word's…

Meyer found subjects were faster to determine if a stimulus word was a member of either of two prespecified categories if the categories were close in meaning. A reanalysis of the data favors instead a model emphasizing the role of decision-making processes in categorization and flexibility of task strategies. (CHK)

When subjects are tested on ordered information, performance is better on inferences than on information actually presented during training. Humphreys suggested that superiority on inferences derives from differential frequency. This experiment refutes that position, demonstrating that superiority on inferences is observed even when frequency is…

This research investigates whether subjects who receive the premises for a linear ordering in story format acquire a different memory structure and use a different solution algorithm than subjects who receive the same premises in equation format. (Author/RK)

In four experiments, immediate memory for sets of five sequentially presented pictorial stimuli was assessed by a two-alternative, forced-choice recognition probe. Suggests that immediate memory for pictures is determined by variables that increase or decrease processing demands, as is the case for verbal material. (Editor/RK)

Two experiments were concerned with exploring the relative accessibility and availability of category information in retarded adolescents in comparison with CA equivalent nonretarded subjects. (Author/SB)

Presents a developmental study of children's knowledge and understanding of the interaction of variables which affect memory storage. The study focuses on the children's awareness of their own memory. Subjects were 40 five- and ten-year-old children. (BD)

A total of 96 first graders, fifth graders, and college students were asked to predict how many orally presented nouns they would later be able to recall or recognize. Results showed large developmental differences in prediction accuracy on the recall but not on the recognition tasks. (Author/JMB)

This experiment was designed to determine whether children's inability to discriminate mirror-image oblique lines is a function of encoding in memory the left-right orientation or the degree of slope of an oblique line. (Author/SB)

Accounts from 205 persons who had encountered life-threatening danger were analyzed and among them 60 were found that included descriptions of panoramic memory. It involved vivid recall of significant past experiences often spanning a lifetime. This brief, life review appeared meaningful in terms of a perceived threat to life. (Author)