When additional multiple‐choice lures aid versus hinder later memory

Volume: 20, Issue: 7, Pages: 941 - 956
Published: Nov 1, 2006
Abstract
SUMMARY Three experiments were conducted to investigate whether increasing the number of lures on a multiple-choice test helps, hinders or has no effect on later memory. All three patterns have been reported in the literature. In Experiment 1, the stimuli were unrelated word lists, and increasing the number of lures on an initial multiple-choice test led to better performance on later free recall and cued recall tasks. In contrast, in...
Paper Details
Title
When additional multiple‐choice lures aid versus hinder later memory
Published Date
Nov 1, 2006
Volume
20
Issue
7
Pages
941 - 956
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