Abstract
Three experiments using a matching-to-sa mple procedure are reported. Two experiments studied identification of visual stimuli in a two-alternative task as a function of the frequency of presentation of each specific stimulus within a fixed unit of time. Identification performance was found to be an inverse function of frequency of presentation. The third experiment manipulated frequency of presentation by employing two information loads (four and six alternatives) in an attempt to assess the relative contributions of facilitation from improved temporal differentiation and interference from an increased number of stimuli. Results are interpreted as showing that recognition is mediated by retrieval of temporal information encoded with the stimulus. Strength theories of recognition (Kintsch, 1970) state that items are correctly recognized because their presentation has made them stronger than other, distractor items. The implication is that unless target and distractor items differ on some variable affecting their strength, such as frequency or recency of presentation, recognition could not occur. However, there is ample evidence that human recognition memory for linguistic materials cannot be accounted
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