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simultaneous learning effect

A memory phenomenon characterized by an improved recall and a reduced rate of forgetting of a word list when acquired simultaneously with other lists, as opposed to in isolation.

memory phenomenon

simultaneous acquisition effect
simultaneous acquisition retention phenomenon

Bibliographic citation(s)

• Burns, D. J. (2004). The simultaneous acquisition effect: simultaneous task learning inhibits memory for order. The American Journal of Psychology, 117(2), 229–248. https://doi.org/10.2307/4149024

• Document type: empirical study

• Access: closed
• Burns, D. J., & Ladd, M. V. (2006). The simultaneous learning effect: Why does simultaneous task learning improve retention? The American journal of psychology, 119(3), 385–405. https://doi.org/10.2307/20445350

• Document type: empirical study

• Access: closed
• Underwood, B. J., & Lund, A. M. (1979). Retention differences as a function of the number of verbal lists learned simultaneously. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory, 5(2), 151-159. https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.5.2.151

• Document type: empirical study

• Access: closed
• Underwood, B. J., & Lund, A. M. (1980). Process similarity and the simultaneous acquisition retention phenomenon. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 16(5), 325–328. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03329556

• Document type: empirical study

• Access: open

Creator

Frank Arnould

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free recall task

effet de l'apprentissage simultané

French
effet de l’acquisition simultanée

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-GGX8LN2N-2

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