A THEORY OF THE SERIAL POSITION EFFECT

1962/08/01 by EDWARD A. FEIGENBAUM, Edward A. Feigenbaum, Herbert A. Simon +1 · 1 citation
Neuroscience · #Visual perception and processing mechanisms #Neural dynamics and brain function #Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies

paper · doi:10.1111/j.2044-8295.1962.tb00836.x

Abstract

The paper proposes a theory of the well‐known serial position effect that makes quantitative predictions, acceptable by non‐parametric tests, of the observed amount of bowing of the serial position curve. The theory, which stems from viewing the central nervous system as an information‐processing system, is compared with the Lepley‐Hull hypothesis and Atkinson's theory of the serial phenomena, and is shown to be more satisfactory than the older explanations.

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