Animacy and animate imagery improve retention in the method of loci among novice users.
Recently, researchers have identified word animacy as a strong predictor of recall. In contrast, the method of loci is an ancient mnemonic technique which takes advantage of highly structured encoding and recall processes alongside a strong imagery component to create easily remembered "memory palac...
| Publicado en: | Memory & Cognition Vol. 49; no. 7; pp. 1360 - 1370 |
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Oct2021
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