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partial report task  

Definition

  • In sensory memory studies, a technique in which the subject is asked to report a subset of the items that were presented.

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Entry terms

  • partial report procedure
  • Sperling's paradigm

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Bliss, J. C., Crane, H. D., Mansfield, P. K., & Townsend, J. T. (1966). Information available In brief tactile presentations. Perception & Psychophysics, 1(4), 273–283. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03207391

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: open]
  • • Darwin, C. J., Turvey, M. T., & Crowder, R. G. (1972). An auditory analogue of the Sperling partial report procedure: Evidence for brief auditory storage. Cognitive Psychology, 3(2), 255-267. https://doi.org/10.1016/0010-0285(72)90007-2

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
  • • Sperling, G. (1960). The information available in brief visual presentations. Psychological Monographs: General and Applied, 74(11), 1-29. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0093759

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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Editorial note

  • In Sperling's (1960) experiments on iconic memory, three lines of four letters were briefly presented to the subject who was then asked to report either the first, second, or third line according to a sound cue (a high-pitched sound for the first line, a mid-pitched sound for the second line, and a low-pitched sound for the third line). This method showed that iconic memory contains more items than the whole report of the items would suggest.

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