Conceptual and perceptual factors in the picture superiority effect

@article{Stenberg2006ConceptualAP,
  title={Conceptual and perceptual factors in the picture superiority effect},
  author={Georg Stenberg},
  journal={European Journal of Cognitive Psychology},
  year={2006},
  volume={18},
  pages={813 - 847}
}
  • G. Stenberg
  • Published 1 November 2006
  • Psychology
  • European Journal of Cognitive Psychology
The picture superiority effect, i.e., better memory for pictures than for corresponding words, has been variously ascribed to a conceptual or a perceptual processing advantage. The present study aimed to disentangle perceptual and conceptual contributions. Pictures and words were tested for recognition in both their original formats and translated into participants’ second language. Multinomial Processing Tree (Batchelder & Riefer, 1999) and MINERVA (Hintzman, 1984) models were fitted to the… 
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