According to the Perceptual Anchor Model of Context Coding [Braidaet al., J. Acoust. Soc. Am.76, 722–731 (1984)], resolution tasks differ in memory coding requirements: basic sensory limitations are measured in fixed discrimination, while context memory limitations can be inferred by comparing fixed discrimination with identification. The theory was applied to two synthetic consonant continua, one varying in voicing (from /ba/ to /pa/), the other in place of articulation (/ba/‐/da/‐/ga/). For both continua, regions of high basic sensitivity were found between the best phonemic exemplars, while optimal context coding occurred near the exemplars. Neither result occurs for an /i/‐/ɪ/‐/ε/ vowel continuum [Goldberget al., J. Acoust. Soc. Am. Suppl. 177, S7 (1985)]. [Work supported by NSF.]