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Postman, Leo; Gray, Wayne – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory, 1977
The method of transfer learning was manipulated in a study of proactive inhibition. Results suggest that the joint recall of two lists during transfer increases list differentiation and reduces competition between alternative sets of responses on the retention test. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Correlation, Experimental Psychology, Inhibition
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Villarreal, Ronald P.; Steinmetz, Joseph E. – Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2005
How the nervous system encodes learning and memory processes has interested researchers for 100 years. Over this span of time, a number of basic neuroscience methods has been developed to explore the relationship between learning and the brain, including brain lesion, stimulation, pharmacology, anatomy, imaging, and recording techniques. In this…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Anatomy, Brain, Associative Learning
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Murray, David J. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1986
A study analyzing word characteristics that make them more easily translated from English to French (or vice versa) indicates that translation efficacy is most strongly influenced by the frequency of the word in the language, its familiarity, and the similarity of the French equivalent to the English word. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Cognitive Processes, Correlation, Cues