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ERIC Number: EJ571166
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Processing and Recall Differences among Seductive Details.
Schraw, Gregory
Journal of Educational Psychology, v90 n1 p3-12 Mar 1998
Three experiments involving a total of 137 undergraduates examined processing and recall differences associated with two types of seductive details, highly interesting but unimportant text segments. Context-dependent and context independent details were distinguished, with context-independent seductive details recalled better than dependent details. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Higher Education, Reading Comprehension, Recall (Psychology), Undergraduate Students
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Seductive Details
Note: Journal availability: American Psychological Assn., Subscription Sec., 750 1st St., NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242.