Glanzer and Cunitz

• Glanzer and Cunitz presented two groups of participants with the

  same list of words.
• One group recalled the words immediately after presentation,

  while the other group recalled the words after waiting 30 seconds.
• These participants had to count backwards in threes (the Peterson-

  Peterson technique), which prevented rehearsal and caused the

  recency effect to disappear. Both groups could free recall the words in any order
• The words at the end of the list are only remembered if recalled first and tested immediately. Delaying recall by 30 seconds

  prevented the ‘recency effect
• This supports the MSM as it suggests that we have two different stores for STM and LTM