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Li, Cuihong; Hu, Zhongyu; Yang, Jiongjiong – Learning & Memory, 2020
In recent years, there have been intensive debates on whether healthy adults acquire new word knowledge through fast mapping (FM) by a different mechanism from explicit encoding (EE). In this study, we focused on this issue and investigated to what extent reteninterval, prior knowledge (PK), and lure type modulated memory after FM and EE. Healthy…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Vocabulary Development, Cognitive Mapping, Language Acquisition
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Yang, Jiongjiong; Zhan, Lexia; Wang, Yingying; Du, Xiaoya; Zhou, Wenxi; Ning, Xueling; Sun, Qing; Moscovitch, Morris – Learning & Memory, 2016
Are associative memories forgotten more quickly than item memories, and does the level of original learning differentially influence forgetting rates? In this study, we addressed these questions by having participants learn single words and word pairs once (Experiment 1), three times (Experiment 2), and six times (Experiment 3) in a massed…
Descriptors: Learning Experience, Memory, Associative Learning, Recognition (Psychology)