The negative testing effect and multifactor account

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1287-1293

  Peterson, Daniel J ^a   Mulligan, Neil W ^b  

^a KNOX COLLEGE   (United States)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Generation effect; Multifactor account; Recall; Testing effect

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MENTAL RECALL; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84880671575     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031337     Document Type: Article

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