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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > self-choice effect

Preferred term

self-choice effect  

Definition

  • "The self-choice effect refers to the phenomenon that self-chosen items are remembered better than experimenter assigned items" (Watanabe et Soraci, 2004, p. 168).

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Takahashi, M. (1991). The role of choice in memory as a function of age: Support for a metamemory interpretation of the self-choice effect. Psychologia: An International Journal of Psychology in the Orient, 34, 254–258.

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

  • • Watanabe, T., & Soraci, S. A. (2004). The self-choice effect from a multiple-cue perspective. Psychonomic bulletin & review, 11(1), 168–172. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03206478

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: open]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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