Isolation of massed- and distributed-practice items
- 1 March 1973
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Memory & Cognition
- Vol. 1 (1) , 77-79
- https://doi.org/10.3758/bf03198073
Abstract
In four experiments, massed-practice (MP) or distributed-practice (DP) items were isolated from other items in a list presented either visually or auditorially for free recall. For three independent groups, the first, second, or both presentations of an item were isolated. Locus of isolation had a marginal influence on recall. When MP items were isolated, they were recalled better than DP items. Isolating the DP items enhanced the MP-DP effect. The results are congruent with the idea that the MP-DP effect in free recall results, in part, from differential rehearsal.Keywords
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