Role of details in the long-term recognition of pictures and verbal descriptions.

Abstract

136 undergraduates studied and then had immediate and delayed recognition tests on either (a) photographs, (b) verbal descriptions of the main theme of the photographs, (c) unembellished line drawings of the main theme of the photographs, or (d) main-theme line drawings embellished with extra details from the photographs. Although the 3 pictorial conditions had higher recognition than the verbal condition, they did not differ from each other on either the immediate or delayed recognition tests. Results imply that the recognition advantage for pictures over verbal descriptions is not due to the extra details which pictures contain. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)