Cue Strength as a Moderator of the Testing Effect: The Benefits of Elaborative Retrieval

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1563-1569

  Carpenter, Shana K ^a  

^a Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

Author keywords

cued recall; desirable difficulties; retrieval practice; testing effect

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RECALL;

ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CUES; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 71649107565     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017021     Document Type: Article

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