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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > asymmetry effect

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asymmetry effect  

Definition

  • When subjects recall an item, they tend to recall the item that followed it in the study list (forward direction) rather than the one before it (backward direction).

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Kahana, M. J. (1996). Associative retrieval processes in free recall. Memory & Cognition, 24(1), 103–109. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03197276

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: open]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-STBPVNZ5-P

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