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de Jonge, Mario; Tabbers, Huib K.; Pecher, Diane; Jang, Yoonhee; Zeelenberg, René – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2015
In 2 experiments we investigated the efficacy of self-paced study in multitrial learning. In Experiment 1, native speakers of English studied lists of Dutch-English word pairs under 1 of 4 imposed fixed presentation rate conditions (24 × 1 s, 12 × 2 s, 6 × 4 s, or 3 × 8 s) and a self-paced study condition. Total study time per list was equated for…
Descriptors: Experimental Psychology, Experiments, Pacing, Indo European Languages
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Mulligan, Neil W.; Peterson, Daniel J. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2013
A fundamental property of human memory is that repetition enhances memory. Peterson and Mulligan (2012) recently documented a surprising "negative repetition effect," in which participants who studied a list of cue-target pairs twice recalled fewer targets than a group who studied the pairs only once. Words within a pair rhymed, and…
Descriptors: Memory, Repetition, Paired Associate Learning, Word Lists