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Tulving-Wiseman law  

Definition

  • A scientific law stipulating that recognition and recall are measures of memory which are largely independent of one another, expressed in the following mathematical equation, where Rn is the recognition and recall Rc: P (Rn / Rc) = P (Rn) + c [P (Rn) -P (Rn) 2].

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Tulving, E., & Wiseman, S. (1975). Relation between recognition and recognition failure of recallable words. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 6(1), 79–82. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03333153

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: open

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-KKGD8HKS-D

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