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ERIC Number: EJ689505
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Nov
Pages: 15
Abstractor: Author
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ISSN: ISSN-0278-7393
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The Effect of the Length of To-Be-Remembered Lists and Intervening Lists on Free Recall: A Reexamination Using Overt Rehearsal
Ward, Geoff; Tan, Lydia
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, v30 n6 p1196-1210 Nov 2004
In 3 experiments, the authors investigated the effects of to-be-remembered (TBR) and intervening list length on free recall to determine whether selective rehearsal could explain the previous finding that recall was affected only by TBR list length. In Experiments 1 (covert rehearsal) and 2 (overt rehearsal), participants saw 5- and 20-word lists and had to recall the list prior to that last presented list. In Experiment 3, either 1 or 2 lists were presented, and recall of TBR list was postcued. Recall proportion decreased with increased TBR list length. Moreover, the authors found extended recency effects when recall was replotted by when words were last rehearsed (Experiments 2 and 3) and an effect of intervening list length when rehearsal was reduced (Experiment 3).
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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