"Sternberg task" meaning in All languages combined

See Sternberg task on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: Sternberg tasks [plural]
Etymology: Named after Saul Sternberg, a professor of psychology, who devised it. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Sternberg task (plural Sternberg tasks)
  1. A task in psychology experiments where the subject is asked to memorize a list of items and then identify whether a particular item was present in the list, the subject's response time being recorded. Wikipedia link: Saul Sternberg Categories (topical): Memory
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