200 Ss learned to associate 1 member of each of 8 picture-pairs with a green light which appeared above the position of the correct cue either 0, .5, 1, 3, or 5 sec. after termination of presentation of an array. During subsequent exposures Ss indicated correct cues from memory. Only a 1-sec. delay resulted in some learning decrement.
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