Subjects learned three different paragraphs and then were tested for their memory after one of the three test intervals. Results showed differential decay functions for recognition and inferential memory. (Editor/RK)

Three experiments were conducted to explore the conditions under which the presence of strong (repeated) items in a free recall list results in the reduced recall of weak (once-presented) items. (Editor)

The technique of priming was used to study the nature of the mental representations generated by color names. (Editor)

Is the perception of velocity determined by the prior discrimination of spatial and temporal distances? Two experiments sought to answer this question by comparing the discriminabilities of moving stimuli varied in spatial extent, temporal duration, or in redundant combinations of both variables. (Editor)

It is sometimes possible to recall an item, but not to recognize it. Traditional generation-recognition models view recall as a two-stage process. Such models can account for the recognition failure of recallable items if it is admitted that subjects employ less stringent criteria for editing implicitly retrieved responses in recall than in a…

Presents a methodological attempt to discover the fundamental semantic dimensions underlying people's perceptions of the physical environment, applying both nonverbal and verbal techniques. Analyses reveal three significant dimensions upon which people base their judgments of the physical environment: evaluation, urbanization, and organization.…

In a study using 200 undergraduates, results indicated that approach toward an environment and the desire to affiliate there are influenced by the emotion-eliciting quality of that environment. (Author/MA)

Reports a series of experiments that give evidence for retention of information about color in very short-term visual memory, commonly termed "iconic memory". (Author)

Examines the role of hemisphericity, that is, the tendency habitually to activate one or the other cerebral hemispheres regardless of the appropriateness of that hemisphere for task demands, and cognitive set as moderating variables in susceptibility to subliminal perception. (Author/RK)

Investigates the effect of specificity on retention following nonsemantic processing. Five experiments are reported in which structural specificity was manipulated along with either phonemic or orthographic dimensions, and process specificity was manipulated by variations in the nonsemantic orienting tasks. Data are interpreted in terms of a…

Extends the examination of Green and Purohit (1976) who used matrices of 0s and 1s as stimuli in exploring recognition memory. It was found that with greater density (distance between elements) and lesser complexity (number of elements in the matrix), recognition performance improved. Results contradict an earlier finding of Green and Purohit, who…

Hearing the rising unemployment figures reported in terms of some soulless number fails to convey the true costs to the individuals involved and to society-at-large. Unemployment affects the nation on at least three levels--psychologically, physiologically, and socially. (Author)

Compared two sets of variables (one known to reflect psychopathology and the other to reflect certain normal personality traits) to determine whether they overlapped in both normal and abnormal samples. Findings are taken as indicative that personality patterns remain contiguous with psychological symptomatology regardless of the presence or lack…

Describes some taproots of a human growth ideology and presents notions on the relatedness of personal growth to societal functioning. Focuses on fifteen points vital to the union of humans and society. (Author/RK)