Spoken and written recall of visual narratives

Abstract

AbstractThis study is concerned with the effects of recall mode on memory for visual narratives. Subjects were shown a series of slides depicting an auto‐pedestrian accident. They were then asked to free‐recall all information they could remember. Half were asked to speak their free recalls. The other half were asked to write down their free recalls. The results showed that spoken recall was more accurate. These data were compared with previous studies using visual and textual narratives.