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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > prefix effect

Preferred term

prefix effect  

Definition

  • Immediate recall of a series of items is impaired when the series is preceded by an item that participants are told to ignore.

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Crowder, R. G. (1967). Prefix effects in immediate memory. Canadian Journal of Psychology/Revue canadienne de psychologie, 21(5), 450-461. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0082997

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-HBR471V1-P

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