RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 High-Speed Scanning in Human Memory
JF Science
JO Science
FD American Association for the Advancement of Science
SP 652
OP 654
DO 10.1126/science.153.3736.652
VO 153
IS 3736
A1 Sternberg, Saul
YR 1966
UL http://science.sciencemag.org/content/153/3736/652.abstract
AB When subjects judge whether a test symbol is contained in a short memorized sequence of symbols, their mean reaction-time increases linearly with the length of the sequence. The linearity and slope of the function imply the existence of an internal serial-comparison process whose average rate is between 25 and 30 symbols per second.