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ratio rule  

Definition

  • A scientific law of memory stipulating that, in free recall, the magnitude of the recency effect depends on the ratio between the time interval separating the items to be stored and the retention interval (time interval between the end of the study phase and the test of memory).

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  • ratio law

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Bjork, R. A., & Whitten, W. B. (1974). Recency-sensitive retrieval processes in long-term free recall. Cognitive Psychology, 6(2), 173-189. https://doi.org/10.1016/0010-0285(74)90009-7

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

  • • Glenberg, A. M., Bradley, M. M., Kraus, T. A., & Renzaglia, G. J. (1983). Studies of the long-term recency effect: Support for a contextually guided retrieval hypothesis. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 9(2), 231-255. https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.9.2.231

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

  • • Glenberg, A. M., Bradley, M. M., Stevenson, J. A., Kraus, T. A., Tkachuk, M. J., Gretz, A. L., … Turpin, B. M. (1980). A two-process account of long-term serial position effects. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory, 6(4), 355-369. https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.6.4.355

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-CNBGWTNL-J

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