An examination of the value of the generation effect for learning new material

Journal of General Psychology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 171-188

  Lutz, John ^a   Briggs, Amanda ^a   Cain, Kristy ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Generation effect; Legal nonwords; Lexical activation; Memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0041508625     PISSN: 00221309     EISSN: 19400888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221300309601283     Document Type: Article

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