K.F Case Study (1972) - Study | Psychology

IB Questions

• Cognitive Processing - Models of Memory

Name of the Researcher(s)

Warrington and Shallice

Publication

1972

Aim

To investigate if the short-term memory has at least two different structures.

Method

Case Study

Procedure and Participant

Participant - K.F, brain damaged from a motorcycle accident.Long-term memory was intact but the short-term memory was damaged.

1. The researchers made K.F memorize words and numbers which they presented to him both orally and visually.

Results

He only had an impairment for the auditory structure of the short-term memory.

Conclusion

The study showed that there exists at least two different structures of information within the short-term memory.