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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > letter-frequency effect

Preferred term

letter-frequency effect  

Definition

  • Better recognition of words with rare letters than words with common letters.

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Malmberg, K. J., Steyvers, M., Stephens, J. D., & Shiffrin, R. M. (2002). Feature frequency effects in recognition memory. Memory & Cognition, 30(4), 607–613. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03194962

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: open]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-SND7VPGK-L

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