Memory-scanning law

Cards in this group · 7

1. B1.06.1Judging membership in a memory set takes longer linearly as the set grows
2. B1.06.2Scanning is exhaustive rather than self-terminating
3. B1.06.3The finding concerns memory judgment, not visual search
4. B1.06.4Reaction time rises by tens of milliseconds per remembered item
5. B1.06.5Similar slopes for yes and no responses indicate exhaustive scanning
6. B1.06.6The result concerns small short-term sets, not long-term retrieval
7. B1.06.7Using the law to set an interface-option limit is a cross-paradigm error