Color context as a factor in encoding and as an organization device for retrieval of word lists.
One hundred twenty female undergraduates were presented hierarchically organized or randomly arranged word lists within a context of hierarchically organized or randomly arranged color patterns. Recall scores were significantly higher with a hierarchic color pattern than with a random color pattern; this facilitating effect occurred for both hierarchic organizations and random arrangements of the word lists. The results suggest that Ss may use context as both a cueing of differentiating factor in encoding and as an organizational device for retrieval.
D003118:Color Perception; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory; D011939:Mental Recall; D012153:Retention, Psychology; D014706:Verbal Learning