The pretesting effect thrives in the presence of competing information.
Taking a pretest (e.g., blanket – ?) before some target material (blanket – sheet) is studied can promote recall of that material on a subsequent final test compared to material which was initially only studied. Here, we examine whether such pretesting can shield the tested material from interferenc...
| Publicado en: | Memory Vol. 31; no. 5; pp. 705 - 715 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
May2023
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