Remebering where you saw something on a page is an example of
something that we seem to automatically encode along with target
information--extension of work by Hasher & Zacks' work on
frequency information.
annette
Hasher, L., & Zacks, R. T. (1979) automatic and effortful processes
in memory. JEP: General, _108_, 356-388.
----- (1984). automatic processing of fundamental information.
american Psychologist, _39_, 1372-1388.
On Tue, 15 Jun 1999, Mike Scoles wrote:
> When I am trying to recall material from a book, often I can picture the
> location on the page (e.g., right-hand side, about one-third of the way
> down). Substitution errors are also common. I "remembered" some
> introspective justification for the use of the term "fear" rather than
> "conditioned aversive stimulus" in Mowrer's (1960), "Learning theory and
> behavior." While trying to make a point in a discussion at a convention, I
> told the other person that he could find Mowrer's (non-scientific) argument
> in a footnote on page 47 of the book. He told me to send him a photocopy of
> the page--and he's still waiting for it!
>
> --
>
> Michael Sylvester wrote:
>
> > The TOT (tip of the tongue) is evidence that all is not lost in memory
> > although there may be retrieval difficulties.THe TOT apparently addresses
> > only auditory phenomenon.
> > My question : is there a comparable phenomenon for visual storage,like
> > say TOV -Tip of Vision? I guess subjects who are asked to reproduce
> > something visually ( maybe eyewitnesses,painters or visual atrists may
> > experience such.)
> > And while on this subject,(free associating)do the deaf experience some
> > kind of TOT
> > phenomenon?
> >
> > Michael J.Sylvester,Ph.D
> > Dept of Human Factors and Systems BA-Gannon University,Erie,Pa.
> > Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University MA- Wichita State University
> > Daytona Beach,Florida 32114 Ph.D- University of Missouri
>
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