"In this volume are recorded the proceedings of a Conference on Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior held in the fall of 1959 under the auspices of New York University and the U.S. Office of Naval Research. The proceedings consist of seven papers prepared ahead of the meeting, together with a paper prepared by the discussant of each paper. Except for minor editing and, in some cases, the addition of footnotes, the prepared papers are in the form in which they appeared at the conference"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved).