Sperling's studies in visual apprehension revealed that more information was available than could be reported by use of his __________ report condition.

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Sperling's studies demonstrated that participants could see and momentarily hold in memory more information than they could report when they were asked to report everything they saw (whole report condition). The partial report condition, where participants were asked to report only a subset of the stimuli (e.g., a row of letters), revealed this by showing that participants could recall almost all items within the subset, suggesting that a large amount of information was initially available in sensory memory.

Sperling's Studies in Visual Apprehension Revealed That More Information Was