Benefits of testing for nontested information: Retrieval-induced facilitation of episodically bound material

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1516-1523

  Rowl, Christopher A ^a   DeLosh, Edward L ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Context; Episodic memory; Retrieval practice; Retrieval induced facilitation; Retrieval induced forgetting; Testing effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASSOCIATION; EPISODIC MEMORY; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CUES; HUMANS; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MENTAL RECALL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84912046575     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-014-0625-2     Document Type: Article

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