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information entity > theoretical entity > testable hypothesis > elevated-attention hypothesis

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elevated-attention hypothesis  

Definition

  • The hypothesis proposed to explain the frequency effect in recognition: subjects are thought to allocate more attention to low-frequency words which would explain why these words are better recognized than high-frequency words.

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Malmberg, K. J., & Nelson, T. O. (2003). The word frequency effect for recognition memory and the elevated-attention hypothesis. Memory & Cognition, 31(1), 35–43. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03196080

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: open]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-BWHDQG5F-B

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