| Abstract: | 59 undergraduates rapidly counting backwards made 2 types of systematic errors. They missed repeated digits (e.g., 77) and decade numbers (e.g., 80). The percentage of repeated-digit errors increased and the percentage of decade-number errors decreased when S said only the digits comprising a given number (e.g., "three-four" instead of "thirty-four"). This pattern of errors is explained in terms of the short-term memory processes involved in counting. (10 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
