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The Costs and Benefits of Testing and Guessing on Recognition Memory
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Huff, Mark J.; Balota, David A.; Hutchison, Keith A. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2016
We examined whether 2 types of interpolated tasks (i.e., retrieval-practice via free recall or guessing a missing critical item) improved final recognition for related and unrelated word lists relative to restudying or completing a filler task. Both retrieval-practice and guessing tasks improved correct recognition relative to restudy and filler…
Descriptors: Testing, Guessing (Tests), Memory, Retention (Psychology)