Transfer Effects in Implicit Tests of Memory

Anagram-solving tests were used to examine the durability and specificity of priming effects and the relation between repetition priming and skill-based facilitation. In four experiments, exposure to the solution of an anagram reduced the time required to solve it later, even after two weeks. Facili...

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Published in:Journal of experimental psychology. Learning, memory, and cognition memory, and cognition, 1990-09, Vol.16 (5), p.772-788
Main Authors: McAndrews, Mary Pat, Moscovitch, Morris
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Human
Learning. Memory
Memory
Priming
Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Tests
Transfer (Learning)
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Summary:Anagram-solving tests were used to examine the durability and specificity of priming effects and the relation between repetition priming and skill-based facilitation. In four experiments, exposure to the solution of an anagram reduced the time required to solve it later, even after two weeks. Facilitation varied with the correspondence between primes and the anagrams solved at test: priming was greatest for similar or identical anagrams, intermediate for items generated from fragment cues or read, and minimal for words presented aurally. In Experiment 4, application of a newly acquired skill for solving a particular class of anagrams and item repetition had independent and additive effects. Overall, these results suggest that multiple component processes mediate facilitation on implicit memory tests.
ISSN:0278-7393
1939-1285
DOI:10.1037/0278-7393.16.5.772