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6. what was their conclusion?
- when rehearsal is prevented,very little can stay in the STM for no longer than around 18 seconds
- when rehearsal is prevented nothing can stay in the memory for shorter than 18 seconds
- when rehearsal is carried out nothing stays in the memory
7. In Peterson and Petersons experiment (1959) what were participants shown?
- synonnyms
- nonsense trigrams
- anagrams
8. what was this called?
- memory task
- interference task
- non-interference task
9. Define capacity?
- how much can be held in the memory
- how much you can remember
- the amount you can remember without forgetting
10. after 18 seconds what percentage were recalled correctly?