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ERIC Number: EJ250243
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981-Jun
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Word Associated Arousal as an Encoding Dimension in Short Term Memory.
Hayduk, Allan W.; Osborne, John W.
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, v27 n2 p138-44 Jun 1981
The fact that a significant amount of release from proactive interference was obtained with subjects in this study by shifting between differentially arousing categories of words suggested that rated word arousal is an encoding dimension in short-term memory. (CM)
Descriptors: Associative Learning, College Students, Higher Education, Memory, Retention (Psychology), Stimuli
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Encoding; Short Term Memory; Word Associated Arousal