What was the method
Participants were sorted into groups and were given different lists of words to remember
What were the groups
Group 1: Acoustically similar
Group 2: Acoustically dissimilar
Group 3: Semantically similar
Group 4: Semantically dissimilar
What were the findings (STM)
Acoustically similar words were harder to recall immediately
What were the findings (LTM)
Semantically similar words were harder to recall after 20 minutes
What can be concluded
Information is coded acoustically in STM and semantically in LTM