Cue Strength as a Moderator of the Testing Effect: The Benefits of Elaborative Retrieval

The current study explored the elaborative retrieval hypothesis as an explanation for the testing effect: the tendency for a memory test to enhance retention more than restudying. In particular, the retrieval process during testing may activate elaborative information related to the target response,...

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Published in:Journal of experimental psychology. Learning, memory, and cognition memory, and cognition, 2009-11, Vol.35 (6), p.1563-1569
Main Author: Carpenter, Shana K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attention - physiology
Biological and medical sciences
Bread
Cognitive Processes
Contrast Sensitivity - physiology
Cued Recall
Cues
Data mining
Experimental Psychology
Free recall
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Human
Humans
Hypotheses
Hypothesis Testing
Information
Information processing
Learning. Memory
Memory
Mental Recall - physiology
Neuropsychological Tests
Practice
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Reaction Time - physiology
Recall
Recall (Psychology)
Retention
Retention (Psychology)
Retrieval
Testing
Tests
Unaided recall
Undergraduate Students
Word Recognition
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