In his studies of visual sensory memory, George Sperling found that participants could remember more items from an array if:
A) there was a 1-minute delay between presentation of the array and recall.
B) a tone was played at the very start of each trial to catch their attention.
C) after the array disappeared, a tone was played to indicate which row to recall.
D) they were instructed to recall all of the items, rather than just a specific row.

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Sperling's research demonstrated that participants could recall more items from a visual array when a cue, such as a tone, was given immediately after the array disappeared to indicate which row of the array to recall. This finding was part of his work on the sensory memory component of the human memory system, specifically the iconic memory for visual information.

In His Studies of Visual Sensory Memory, George Sperling Found