Long-term Memory
Long-term Memory
Long-term Memory
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Results cont.<br />
• memory is worse when semantically similar<br />
items are studied<br />
– A,B,C, vs. A,A’,A’’ (false memory effect)<br />
• memory for any particular item is worse when<br />
more items are studied<br />
– A,B,C vs. A,B,C,D,E,F (length effect)<br />
• memory is better when each item is studied for a<br />
longer period of time<br />
– A,B,C vs. A,A,A,B,B,B,C,C,C (strength effect)<br />
– however, distributed study is better than massed<br />
study<br />
• spacing effect<br />
– A,A,A,B,B,B,C,C,C vs. C,A,B,A,B,C,B,A,C<br />
– Encoding variability
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