Memory for general and specific sentences
- 1 January 1975
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Memory & Cognition
- Vol. 3 (1) , 75-77
- https://doi.org/10.3758/bf03198213
Abstract
Cued recall indicated that memory was better for sentences containing specific verbs (e.g., scratched) than for sentences containing general verbs (e.g., injured). When synonymic verb responses were included, however, the general-specific difference was eliminated. Also, for complete sentence recall, subject nouns were better retrieval cues than verbs or object nouns. nt]mis|This research was supported by National Science Foundation Research Grant GB-22664 to L. Starling Reid and by a grant to the author from the Denison University Faculty Development Activities Program. Thanks are due Bill Stehle and Larry Giordano, who assisted in data collection and analysis.Keywords
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