The origin of the interaction between learning method and delay in the testing effect: The roles of processing and conceptual retrieval organization

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 528-539

  Congleton, Adam ^a   Rajaram, Suparna ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Memory; Recall; Repeated retrieval advantage; Repeated study advantage; Retrieval organization; The testing effect; Types of processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RECALL; TIME;

ADULT; HUMANS; LEARNING; MENTAL RECALL; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864433774     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: 15325946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-011-0168-y     Document Type: Article

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