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The two studies extended the principles of clustering to nonverbal stimuli. College Ss were asked to learn and recall random objects under varied conditions of exposure time and spatial organization. Increments in exposure time produced increments in total recall and clustering. Also the spatial organization of stimuli facilitated total recall and the organizational process in memory. The greatest amount of recall and clustering occurred with objects from the left as opposed to the right side of the visual display and increased spatial organization of relatively random display produced increased amounts of clustering in free recall. These data for 72 students were interpreted in terms of the associationistic (Jenkins, 1952) and the mediational (Bousfield, 1953) views of clustering.

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Clustering as Determined by Exposure Time and Spatial Arrangement of Objects

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