Interest, knowledge and the memorizing of soccer scores

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Abstract
The memorizing of new soccer scores was examined in two experiments. In Expt 1, a very high correlation between the recall of scores and performance on a soccer knowledge questionnaire occurred only for real scores. For simulated scores the correlation was barely significant. However, free recall of a word list correlated highly with memory for simulated scores, but not with recall of real scores or questionnaire scores. The specific processes underlying memory for real scores were investigated in Expt 2 where support or dislike for and knowledge of teams were strongly related to recall, but not to the importance of matches and the accuracy of prediction of the results.

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