The spacing effect in intentional and incidental free recall by children and adults: Limits on the automaticity hypothesis

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 316-325

  Toppino, Thomas C ^a   Fearnow Kenney, Melodie D ^a   Kiepert, Marissa H ^a   Teremula, Amanda C ^a  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLLEGE STUDENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PROCESSING; RECALL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ATTENTION; AUTOMATISM; BEHAVIOR; LONG TERM MEMORY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION; AUTOMATISM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549090592     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/MC.37.3.316     Document Type: Article

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