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Direct linkCriss, Amy H.; Malmberg, Kenneth J. – Journal of Memory and Language, 2008
One of the most studied and least well understood phenomena in episodic memory is the word frequency effect (WFE). The WFE is expressed as a mirror pattern where uncommon low frequency words (LF) are better recognized than common high frequency words (HF) by way of a higher HR and lower FAR. One explanation for the HR difference is the early-phase…
Descriptors: Semantics, Memory, Language Processing, Word Frequency
