Investigating a mental effort explanation of the generation effect using pupillometry.

The "generation effect" is a phenomenon whereby people have better memory for information that is self-generated compared to information that is passively read. Throughout the years many theories have been proposed to explain this effect, one of which is the "mental effort theory," which suggests th...

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Published in:	Memory & Cognition Vol. 54; no. 3; pp. 980 - 997
Main Authors:	Grudzien, Ania M., Unsworth, Nash
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Nature Apr2026
Subjects:	Oregon Attention Memory Analysis of variance Statistical power analysis Statistical correlation Psychophysiology Cognitive testing Research funding T-test (Statistics) Data analysis Reflexes Descriptive statistics Analysis of covariance Experimental design Statistics Research methodology Research
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