Access to elements of a memorized list.

McGill UniversityThe the increase was more pronounced for YES thanfor NO decisions. Within the four- and six-letter sequences, there were pro-nounced primacy and recency effects. These results favor a theory that 5 hasdirect access to an internal representation of the probe letter and decidesYES or NO depending on its memory strength. They are inconsistent withtheories which hold that 5 scans through the series to discover whether theprobe is there.