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The role of auditory and visual factors in short-term recall and recognition performance was evaluated. Auditory similarity, but not visual similarity, was found to be predictive of the probability of a correct response and response confidence for both types of tests. The results were interpreted as support for a single-trace model of recall and recognition performance
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This research was supported by Grant 7R01 MH25344-01 from the National Institute of Mental Health to the senior author.
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Connor, J.M., Hoyer, R.G. Auditory and visual similarity effects in recognition and recall. Memory & Cognition 4, 261–264 (1976). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03213173
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