Russo, Riccardo and Parkin, Alan J and Taylor, Sandra R and Wilks, Jacqueline (1998) Revising current two-process accounts of spacing effects in memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 24 (1). pp. 161-172. DOI https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.24.1.161
Russo, Riccardo and Parkin, Alan J and Taylor, Sandra R and Wilks, Jacqueline (1998) Revising current two-process accounts of spacing effects in memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 24 (1). pp. 161-172. DOI https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.24.1.161
Russo, Riccardo and Parkin, Alan J and Taylor, Sandra R and Wilks, Jacqueline (1998) Revising current two-process accounts of spacing effects in memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 24 (1). pp. 161-172. DOI https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.24.1.161
Abstract
Memory for repeated items improves when presentations are spaced during study. In Experiment 1A, words were repeated either immediately or after 6 intervening items. Intentional learning occurred under either focused or divided attention. Retention was tested by either free recall or yes-no recognition. Divided attention did not affect the influence of spacing in free recall, whereas it removed the spacing effect in recognition. In Experiment 1B, recognition memory was tested after incidental semantic study of words performed under either focused or divided attention. An equivalent spacing effect occurred in both attentional conditions. In Experiments 2 and 3, recognition memory for unfamiliar faces was assessed. A reliable spacing effect was found under both intentional learning and incidental structural study. These data are, collectively, incompatible with current theories of spacing effects. A theoretical proposal to account for these new findings is outlined.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Humans; Memory; Attention; Time Factors; Semantics; Vocabulary |
Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health Faculty of Science and Health > Psychology, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 12 Aug 2015 15:34 |
Last Modified: | 07 Aug 2024 19:50 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/13160 |