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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > hypermnesia

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hypermnesia  

Definition

  • Memory improvement with successive repeated retrieval tests. Hypermnesia is established when the number of newly remembered items with trials exceeds the number of forgotten items.

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Doolen, A. C., & Radvansky, G. A. (2022). A novel study: Hypermnesia for books read years ago. Memory, 30(2), 92–103. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2021.1993262

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

  • • Erdelyi, M. H., & Becker, J. (1974). Hypermnesia for pictures : Incremental memory for pictures but not words in multiple recall trials. Cognitive Psychology, 6(1), 159‑171. https://doi.org/10.1016/0010-0285(74)90008-5

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

  • • Erdelyi, M., & Kleinbard, J. (1978). Has Ebbinghaus decayed with time? The growth of recall (hypermnesia) over days. Journal of Experimental Psychology. Human Learning and Memory, 4(4), 275–289. https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.4.4.275

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

  • • Mulligan, N. W. (2006). Hypermnesia and total retrieval time. Memory, 14(4), 502–518. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658210500513438

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

  • • Wallner, L. A., & Bäuml, K.-H. T. (2018). Hypermnesia and the role of delay between study and test. Memory & Cognition, 46(6), 878‑894. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-018-0809-5

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: open]

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  • Frank Arnould

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