Research article summary (published 30 Aug 2009):

Rehearsal strategies can enlarge or diminish the spacing effect: pure versus mixed lists and encoding strategy.

Full Abstract

Using 5 experiments, the authors explored the dependency of spacing effects on rehearsal patterns. Encouraging rehearsal borrowing produced opposing effects on mixed lists (containing both spaced and massed repetitions) and pure lists (containing only one or the other), magnifying spacing effects on mixed lists but diminishing spacing effects on pure lists. Rehearsing with borrowing produced large spacing effects on mixed lists but not on pure lists for both free recall (Experiment 1) and recognition (Experiment 2). In contrast, rehearsing only the currently visible item produced spacing effects on both mixed lists and pure lists in free recall (Experiment 3) and recognition (Experiment 4). Experiment 5 demonstrated these effects using a fully within-subjects design. Rehearse-aloud protocols showed that rehearsal borrowing redistributed study from massed to spaced items on mixed lists, especially during massed presentations. (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved.

Author information

Author/s: Delaney, Peter F (PF); Verkoeijen, Peter P J L (PP);

Affiliation: Department of Psychology, 296 Eberhart Building, P.O. Box 26170, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27402-6170, USA. p_delane(-atsign-)uncg.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Journal of experimental psychology. Learning, memory, and cognition (J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-Sep; vol 35 (issue 5) : pp 1148-61

Dates: Created 2009/08/18; Completed 2009/10/08;

PMID: 19686011, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 10/8/2009, IMS Date: )

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Analysis of Variance Attention - physiology Concept Formation Female Humans Male

Mental Recall - physiology Recognition (Psychology) - physiology Reinforcement, Verbal Serial Learning - physiology Space Perception - physiology Vocabulary

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