What makes distributed practice effective?

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 228-247

  Benjamin, A S ^a   Tullis, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Encoding variability; Explicit memory; Lag effects; Reminding; Spacing effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956064128     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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