EFFECTS OF SPACING ON MEMORY FOR HOMOGENEOUS LISTS

被引:13
作者
KAHANA, MJ
GREENE, RL
机构
[1] CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIV,DEPT PSYCHOL,CLEVELAND,OH 44106
[2] UNIV TORONTO,DEPT PSYCHOL,TORONTO M5S 1A1,ONTARIO,CANADA
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10.1037/0278-7393.19.1.159
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
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04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
The spacing effect refers to the advantage in memory for information repeated at separate points of time over information repeated in massed fashion. Three experiments showed that no spacing effect was found in free recall of lists containing items of high interstimulus semantic similarity. However, spacing effects were found when recognition or frequency-discrimination tests were given on these materials. The results support the hypothesis that several distinct processes underlie the spacing effect.
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页码:159 / 162
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