The effect of speed/accuracy instructions on preference for coding format was studied in a sequential same-different task. Visual coding was present in both the speed- and the accuracy-instruction conditions, but acoustic coding was present only in the speed condition, and only when that condition occurred before the accuracy condition. Results are discussed in relation to the minimal-processing principle and the temporal development view of coding preference.
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