Concept information
Preferred term
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.
Broader concept
Belongs to group
Bibliographic citation(s)
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• 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
In other languages
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-BWHDQG5F-B
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