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Influence of Motivation, Perception and Attention on Age-related Changes in Short-term Memory

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THE responses made by young normal adults to various methods of dichotic stimulation have been investigated and reported by Broadbent1. His observations have led him to postulate that both perceptual and storage mechanisms are necessary for the correct sequential recall of such simultaneous stimulation.

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INGLIS, J. Influence of Motivation, Perception and Attention on Age-related Changes in Short-term Memory. Nature 204, 103–104 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/204103b0

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