Detrimental Influence of Contextual Change on Spacing Effects in Free Recall

Two experiments were conducted to determine the mechanism underlying the spacing effect in free-recall tasks. Participants were required to study a list containing once-presented words as well as massed and spaced repetitions. In both experiments, presentation background at repetition was manipulate...

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Published in:	Journal of experimental psychology. Learning, memory, and cognition memory, and cognition, 2004-07, Vol.30 (4), p.796-800
Main Authors:	Verkoeijen, Peter P. J. L, Rikers, Remy M. J. P, Schmidt, Henk G
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	Biological and medical sciences Cognitive Processes Color Context Context Effect Contextual Associations Distributed Practice Experiments Free Recall Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Human Humans Learning. Memory Manipulation Massed Practice Memory Mental Recall Perception Psychological Studies Psychological tests Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychology. Psychophysiology Recall (Psychology) Repetition Retrieval Space Perception Spacing Spatial Ability Stimulus Frequency Time Unaided Recall Verbal learning Vocabulary Word Associations Word Lists Word Recognition Words
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