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Definition of 'Transfer (Psychology)'

Change in learning in one situation due to prior learning in another situation. The transfer can be positive (with second learning improved by first) or negative (where the reverse holds).

Common names: Transfer (Psychology); Transfers (Psychology); Transfer; Transfer of Training; Training Transfer; Transfer of Learning; Learning Transfer

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Visual recognition memory in Alzheimer's disease: repetition-lag effects.

24 Jun 2008 There is considerable evidence that visual recognition memory is largely affected by Alzheimer's disease (AD). Deficits might concern the forming, maintaining, and matching of the memory representation of the visual... Read more...


Transfer effects in task-set cost and dual-task cost after dual-task training in older and younger adults: further evidence for cognitive plasticity in attentional control in late adulthood.

24 Jun 2008 Older adults' difficulties in performing two tasks concurrently have been well documented (Kramer and Madden, 2008). It has been observed that the age-related differences in dual-task performance are larger when the two... Read more...


The trouble with transfer: insights from microgenetic changes in the representation of numerical magnitude.

21 May 2008 Spontaneous transfer of learning is often difficult to elicit. This finding may be widespread partly because pretests proactively interfere with transfer. To test this hypothesis, 7-year-olds' transfer was examined... Read more...

  

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Definition: Change in learning in one situation due to prior learning in another situation. The transfer can be positive (with second learning improved by first) or negative (where the reverse holds).

Descriptor UI: D014163

Alternative terms: Transfer (Psychology); Transfers (Psychology); Transfer; Transfer of Training; Training Transfer; Transfer of Learning; Learning Transfer;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; drug effects; physiology; radiation effects; ethics;

Tree Number: F02.463.425.910;

History Note: 65(64)

Technical Notes: human & animal; DF: TRANSFER

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