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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > list composition effect

Preferred term

list composition effect  

Definition

  • A memory phenomenon observed when certain empirical effects vary depending on how the lists of items to be memorized are constructed

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • list composition paradox
  • mixed-list paradox

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • McDaniel, M. A., & Bugg, J. M. (2013). Instability in memory phenomena: A common puzzle and a unifying explanation. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 15(2), 237-255. https://doi.org/10.3758/PBR.15.2.237

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

Example

  • The list composition effect is observed, for example, when certain empirical memory effects appear if the lists to be memorized are mixed (that is, they contain both experimental and control items), but disappear or are reversed if the lists are pure or blocked (with experimental and control items presented in separate lists).

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-M26SVGC2-S

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