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Recognition memory was assessed for words of high- and low-rated imagery after subjects had either spelled them backwards or listened to them in the usual way. The reverse spelling task eliminated the superiority of the high-imagery words in recognition which was shown in the standard condition. While this outcome supports the dual-code hypothesis, the results are complicated by some evidence that low -imagery words are structurally more complex, a factor which may favor their recognition under conditions which require special attention to orthographic features.
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This research was supported, in part, by Grant GB-18703 from the National Science Foundation to the second author and was carried out while he was an Honorary Research Fellow of University College London.
We wish to record our thanks to Tania Yannilos for her assistance in the pilot stage of this experiment.
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Jones, S., Winograd, E. Word imagery in recognition memory. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 6, 632–634 (1975). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03337590
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