Ordering in recognition memory after ambiguous initial or recognition displays.

Asked 57 deaf and 40 hearing 7-13 yr olds to recognize the order of 3 visually-presented digits in 2 conditions. In 1 condition, 3 numbers were exposed successively in 3 windows in temporally- and spatially-incongruent orders. This was followed by a recognition display in which the numbers appeared successively in 1 window, placed below the others. In the 2nd condition, the 1-window display was presented 1st and was followed by an incongruently ordered set of the same numbers in 3 windows for recognition. While hearing Ss recognized the digits in serial order, many deaf Ss gave left-to-right ordered recognition responses. No relationship was found between either implicit verbalization or level of articulation ability and temporal ordering. (French summary) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)