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Hebb effect  

Definition

  • "The Hebb repetition effect refers to the finding that immediate serial recall is improved over trials for memory lists that are surreptitiously repeated across trials, relative to new lists." (Oberauer et al., 2015, p. 852).

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  • Hebb repetition effect

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Araya, C., Oberauer, K., & Saito, S. (2024). Hebb repetition effects in complex and simple span tasks are based on the same learning mechanism. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 50(5), 59–774. https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0001290

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: open]
  • • Hebb, D. O. (1961). Distinctive features of learning in the higher animal. In J. F. Delafresnaye (Ed.), Brain Mechanisms and Learning (pp. 37–46). Blackwell.

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
  • • Johnson, A. J., & Miles, C. (2019). Visual hebb repetition effects: The role of psychological distinctiveness revisited. Frontiers in Psychology, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00017

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: open]
  • • Mızrak, E., & Oberauer, K. (2021). Working memory recruits long-term memory when it is beneficial: Evidence from the Hebb effect. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0000934

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
  • • Oberauer, K., Jones, T., & Lewandowsky, S. (2015). The Hebb repetition effect in simple and complex memory span. Memory & Cognition, 43(6), 852–865. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-015-0512-8

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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Dataset citation(s)

  • • Araya, C., Oberauer, K., & Saito, S. (2022). Hebb Repetition Effects in Complex and Simple Span Tasks are Based on the Same Learning Mechanism [dataset]. OSF. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/ASD2Y
  • • Johnson, A. (2018, November 12). Visual Hebb repetition effects: the role of psychological distinctivness revisited. https://osf.io/whz9g

In other languages

  • effet Hebb

    French

  • effet de Hebb
  • effet de répétition de Hebb

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