Relearning attenuates the benefits and costs of spacing

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1113-1129

  Rawson, Katherine A ^a   Dunlosky, John ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lag effect; Relearning; Retrieval practice; Spacing effect; Testing effect

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887963608     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030498     Document Type: Article

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