Does semantic knowledge influence event segmentation and recall of text?
Knowledge benefits episodic memory, particularly when provided before encoding (Anderson & Pichert in Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 17(1), 1–12, 1978; Bransford & Johnson in Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 11(6), 717–726, 1972). These benefits can occur through seve...
| Publicado en: | Memory & Cognition Vol. 47; no. 6; pp. 1173 - 1188 |
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