Sternberg Memory Task

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The classic Sternberg Memory Task paradigm

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Sternberg, S. (1966). High speed scanning in human memory. Science, 153, 652-654.

Sternberg, S. (1975). Memory scanning: New findings and current controversies. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 27, 1-32.

Posner, M. I. (1978). Chronometric explorations of mind. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum, 1978.

Wikipedia. History of mental chronometry.