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Peterson, Daniel J.; Mulligan, Neil W. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2013
Across 3 experiments, we investigated the factors that dictate when taking a test improves subsequent memory performance (the "testing effect"). In Experiment 1, participants retrieving a set of targets during a retrieval practice phase ultimately recalled fewer of those targets compared with a group of participants who studied the…
Descriptors: Memory, Experimental Psychology, Tests, Recall (Psychology)