Limitations to the spacing effect: Demonstration of an inverted u-shaped relationship between interrepetition spacing and free recall

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 257-263

  Verkoeijen, Peter P J L ^a   Rikers, Remy M J P ^a   Schmidt, Henk G ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Explicit memory; Free recall; Spacing effect

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; RECALL; TIME;

HUMANS; INTENTION; LEARNING; MENTAL RECALL; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 27744565508     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169.52.4.257     Document Type: Article

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