When Sperling Visually Displayed Three Rows of Three Letters Each

question 132

Multiple Choice

When Sperling visually displayed three rows of three letters each for only one-twentieth of a second,research participants

• A) recalled only half the letters because they did not have enough time to see all of them.
• B) recalled only about seven of the letters due to storage limitations.
• C) had a momentary photographic memory of all nine letters.
• D) formed a sensory memory of no more than a single letter.

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