The role of test expectancy in the build-up of proactive interference in long-term memory

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1039-1048

  Weinstein, Yana ^a   Gilmore, Adrian W ^b   Szpunar, Karl K ^c   McDermott, Kathleen B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Encoding; Interpolated testing; Proactive interference; Test expectancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROACTIVE INHIBITION; RECALL; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MEMORY, LONG-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PROACTIVE INHIBITION; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902963403     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0036164     Document Type: Article

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