Brown-Peterson Task
Memorise consonant trigrams, perform a distractor task (e.g., count backwards by threes) for a variable delay (3–18 s), then recall. Demonstrates rapid forgetting of short-term memory under proactive interference — a foundational finding for the STM/LTM distinction.
- Memory
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Key references
- Brown, J. (1958). Some Tests of the Decay Theory of Immediate Memory. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 10(1), 12–21. doi:10.1080/17470215808416249
- Peterson, L. R., & Peterson, M. J. (1959). Short-term retention of individual verbal items. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 58(3), 193–198. doi:10.1037/h0049234