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Alba, Joseph W.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory, 1981
Subjects read passages taken from Bransford and Johnson's materials either with or without the context-inducing title provided. The presence of the title increased comprehension and recall but had no effect on recognition. Activation of relevant information already stored in memory may not be essential to the encoding process. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cues, Higher Education, Prose
