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Preferred term

encoding variability principle  

Definition

  • Principle that memory is improved when the material is encoded in various environmental and psychological conditions.

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Estes, W. K. (1955a). Statistical theory of distributional phenomena in learning. Psychological Review, 62(5), 369-377. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0046888

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]

  • • Estes, W. K. (1955b). Statistical theory of spontaneous recovery and regression. Psychological Review, 62(3), 145-154. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0048509

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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