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sternberg task

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.53 in modern English

Syllables
stern-berg -task
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Etymology

Named after Saul Sternberg, a professor of psychology, who devised it.

Inflected Forms

Sternberg tasks (plural)

Questions

What does sternberg task mean?
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.
Where does sternberg task come from?
Named after Saul Sternberg, a professor of psychology, who devised it.

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