Saul Sternberg
Saul Sternberg · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Cognitive psychologist known for research on memory scanning and reaction time
1933, New York City, New York, United States
United States
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Saul Sternberg is an American cognitive psychologist, professor emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania, best known for his 'memory-scanning' experiments, which used reaction-time methods to show that retrieving items from short-term memory involves a serial, exhaustive search. His paradigm became a foundational tool of experimental cognitive psychology. He is Jewish.
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Cognitive psychologist known for research on memory scanning and reaction time
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