Research article summary (published 30 Jan 1989):

Bizarre imagery in paired-associate learning: an effective mnemonic aid with mixed context, delayed testing, and self-paced conditions.

Full Abstract

Recent findings have indicated that bizarre imagery can be an effective mnemonic aid with delayed testing, a context of mixed materials, and an adequate stimulus presentation pace, so we hypothesized an interaction among these variables. Using a variation of the McDaniel and Einstein 1986 methodology, 40 undergraduates were each randomly presented three paired-associate lists (i.e., normal, bizarre, and mixed). The sentences within each list consisted of stimulus-response pairs of high-imagery nouns. 20 of these subjects participated in an immediate cued-recall condition for each list while the remaining ones were tested after a 1-wk. retention interval. Subjects were further subdivided depending on whether the presentation pace was forced or not. As predicted, a three-way interaction was found, with bizarre imagery benefiting immediate recall under a combined mixed context, self-paced condition; with delayed recall, however, context was the determining factor in performance (and not presentation pace).

Author information

Author/s: Iaccino, J F (JF); Sowa, S J (SJ);

Affiliation: Department of Sociology-Psychology, Illinois Benedictine College, Lisle 60532.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Clinical Trial; Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial

Journal: Perceptual and motor skills (Percept Mot Skills), published in UNITED STATES. (Language: eng)

Reference: 1989-Feb; vol 68 (issue 1) : pp 307-16

Dates: Created 1989/05/05; Completed 1989/05/05; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 2928063, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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Adult Attention Humans Imagination Memory

Mental Recall Paired-Associate Learning Reaction Time Retention (Psychology) Semantics

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