Research shows that speeding up the presentation of a list of words impairs recall of the beginning of the list but not the end. This finding can be interpreted as evidence that ________.

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The finding suggests that the faster presentation hinders the encoding and transfer of information from short-term memory to long-term memory. Thus, it seems that short-term and long-term memory systems are separate. Choice B can be ruled out as it suggests that both systems are in a single system, which is unlikely based on the research finding.

Research Shows That Speeding Up the Presentation of a List