Single-Item Recognition following Verbal Discrimination Study And/Or Test Trials

This experiment assessed further single-item recognition following verbal discrimination learning by varying the number of study and test trials presented during the initial verbal discrimination task. Two study periods (1 and 2 study trials) and three test periods (0, 1, and 2 trials) were factorially combined to yield six experimental groups. Increasing the test periods increased recognition of the prior words to be verbally discriminated as old items. Although subjects could identify the prior function of the old items, the variables did not increase or decrease this ability.