This study examined S's memory for 2-digit numbers. During recall, one digit of each number appeared as a cue and S had to recall the entire number. The cue was either the first digit or the second. For English speakers the initial digit was a better cue. German speakers, though, utter the digits in reverse order. For them the superiority of the initial digit disappeared.
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