RECOGNITION MEMORY FOR A RAPID SEQUENCE OF PICTURES

Examined memory for visual events occurring at and near the rate of eye fixations. In Exp. I, 48 undergraduates were shown 8 films of 16 unrelated pictures presented at 1/2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, or 8/sec. Later recognition ranged from 93-16%. In Exp. II with 32 Ss, rates were mixed within each sequence to determine whether the probability of recognizing 1 item is independent of the presentation time of the previous item. The results support the hypothesis that rapidly presented pictures are processed 1 by 1 for precisely the time each is in view and are not held with other items in a short-term store as has been reported for verbal material. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved). © 1969 American Psychological Association.