Retention beyond the threshold: Test-enhanced relearning of forgotten information

Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 58-64

  De Jonge, Mario ^a   Tabbers, Huib K ^a   Rikers, Remy M J P ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Delayed relearning; Learning to criterion; Repeated testing; The testing effect

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; WORD RECOGNITION; EFFECT SIZE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84891277350     PISSN: 20445911     EISSN: 2044592X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20445911.2013.858721     Document Type: Article

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