The Spacing Effect, Free Recall, and Two-Process Theory: A Closer Look

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 437-444

  Toppino, Thomas C ^a   Bloom, Lance C ^b  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; SEMANTICS; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CUES; HUMANS; INTENTION; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 85047672391     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.28.3.437     Document Type: Article

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