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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > perceptual interference effect

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perceptual interference effect  

Definition

  • Brief presentation of a word followed by a retroactive mask improves memory for the word in free recall, cued recall, and recognition (Mulligan, 1999, 2002).

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Mulligan, N. W. (1999). The effects of perceptual interference at encoding on organization and order: Investigating the roles of item-specific and relational information. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 25(1), 54-69. https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.25.1.54

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

  • • Mulligan, N. W. (2002). The generation effect: Dissociating enhanced item memory and disrupted order memory. Memory & Cognition, 30(6), 850–861. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03195771

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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