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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > negative repetition effect

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negative repetition effect  

Definition

  • A memory phenomenon characterized by the lower recall of repeated items compared to non-repeated items.

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Mulligan, N. W. (2020). Negative effects of repetition and testing. In A. M. Cleary & B. L. Schwartz (Eds.), Memory quirks : The study of odd phenomena in memory (p. 114‑136). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429264498-10

    • Document type: literature review

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  • • Mulligan, N. W., & Peterson, D. J. (2013). The negative repetition effect. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 39(5), 1403-1416. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0031789

    • Document type: empirical study

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  • • Peterson, D. J., & Mulligan, N. W. (2012). A negative effect of repetition in episodic memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 38(6), 1786–1791. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0028220

    • Document type: empirical study

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Creator

  • Frank Arnould

Example

  • In the experiment conducted by Paterson & Mulligan (2012, Experiment 1), participants are asked to memorize target words from six different semantic categories (animal, fruit, kitchen utensil, metal, part of the human body, and transportation vehicle). Each word is associated with a cue with which it rhymes (for example, Force-Horse). In the repetition condition, the subjects first memorize the word pairs presented so that no target words of the same category follow each other. Then the subjects have a second opportunity to memorize the list of word pairs in which the target words are now grouped by semantic category. They must then freely recall the target words. In the presentation condition without repetition, participants are asked to memorize the list of word pairs in which the target words are grouped by semantic category before the free recall test. The results show that the performance of the free recall in the repeated item condition is reduced compared to the presentation condition without repetition, as well as the semantic clustering found in the recall of the target words, measured by the ARC score.

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