First, subjects are to attend to a to-be-remembered three-letter stimulus, then they are shown a number. They are to count backwards by threes from the number. At the end of the variable-length period of counting, the subjects were asked to report the original three-letter stimulus.

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The described procedure is a classic example of the Brown-Peterson task, which is used to study short-term memory and the effects of interference on memory recall.

First, Subjects Are to Attend to a To-Be-Remembered Three-Letter Stimulus