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RECENT findings have thrown doubt on the validity of the generalization that it is easier to recognize than to recall. Davis et al.1, using a list of fifteen two-digit numbers as stimuli, found that if all ninety possible numbers are presented in a recognition test, performance is no better than recall when both are tested immediately after the presentation.
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Davis, R., Sutherland, N. S., and Judd, B. R., J. Exp. Psychol., 61, 422 (1961).
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DALE, H. When Recognition is No Better than Recall. Nature 211, 324 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/211324a0
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