Primate Memory: Retention of Serial List Items by a Rhesus Monkey. Sands, S. F. & Wright, A. A. Science, 209(4459):938–940, 1980.
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A rhesus monkey correctly recognized 86 and 81 percent of 10- and 20-item lists, respectively. Its serial position curve was similar in form to a human's curve, revealing prominent primacy and recency effects. The key to these findings was in minimizing proactive interference through the use of a large pool of 211 color photographs.
@Article{Sands1980,
  author   = {Sands, Stephen F. and Wright, Anthony A.},
  title    = {Primate Memory: Retention of Serial List Items by a Rhesus Monkey},
  journal  = {Science},
  year     = {1980},
  volume   = {209},
  number   = {4459},
  pages    = {938--940},
  issn     = {0036-8075},
  abstract = {A rhesus monkey correctly recognized 86 and 81 percent of 10- and
	20-item lists, respectively. Its serial position curve was similar
	in form to a human's curve, revealing prominent primacy and recency
	effects. The key to these findings was in minimizing proactive interference
	through the use of a large pool of 211 color photographs.},
}

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