In serial recall, when letters are read aloud there is typically a strong recency effect. If, however, the letters are read silently the recency effect is largely eliminated. This is called the:
A. suffix effect
B. acoustic dissimilarity effect
C. modality effect
D. acoustic similarity effect
Ans: C. modality effect
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