Is retrieval mediated after repeated testing?

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 462-472

  Kole, James A ^a   Healy, Alice F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Identical elements; Mediated priming; Mediator effectiveness; Retrieval practice; Testing effect

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RECALL; SEMANTICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84882976106     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028880     Document Type: Article

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