Primate memory: retention of serial list items by a rhesus monkey.
A rhesus monkey correctly recognized 86 and 81 percent of 10- and 20-item lists, respectively. It serial position curve was similar in form to a human's curve, revealing prominent primacy and recency effects. The key to these findings was in minimizing proactive interference through the use of a large pool of 211 color photographs.
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D000882:Haplorhini; D006801:Humans; D008251:Macaca / Q000502:physiology*; D008253:Macaca mulatta / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D008570:Memory, Short-Term / Q000502:physiology; D008722:Methods; D012153:Retention, Psychology / Q000502:physiology*