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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > distinctiveness effect > primary distinctiveness effect > von Restorff effect

Terme préférentiel

von Restorff effect  

Définition

  • A primary distinctiveness effect observed when the memory of an item is enhanced if it stands out from all other items.(e.g. a word written in red among words written in black).

Concept générique

Concepts associés

Synonyme(s)

  • isolation effect

Appartient au groupe

Référence(s) bibliographique(s)

  • • Beran, M. J. (2011). Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) show the isolation effect during serial list recognition memory tests. Animal Cognition, 14(5), 637–645. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-011-0398-1

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: open

  • • Chee, Q. W., & Goh, W. D. (2018). What explains the von Restorff effect? Contrasting distinctive processing and retrieval cue efficacy. Journal of Memory and Language, 99, 49–61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2017.11.002

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

  • • Hunt, R. R. (1995). The subtlety of distinctiveness: What von Restorff really did. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 2(1), 105–112. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03214414

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: open

  • • Kamp, S.-M., Lenhof, C., Zeiler, D., Kaumanns, A., & Malmberg, K. J. (in press). The von Restorff effect in free recall, recognition, and source memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0001518

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

    • Dataset reference: Kamp, S.-M., Zeiler, D., Lenhof, C., Kaumanns, A., & Malmberg, K. J. (2025, April 14). The Von Restorff Effect in Recall, Recognition and Source Memory. https://osf.io/jtw5v
  • • MacLeod, C. M. (2020). Zeigarnik and von Restorff: The memory effects and the stories behind them. Memory & Cognition, 48(6), 1073–1088. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-020-01033-5

    • Document type: historical study

    • Access: open

  • • Restorff, H. von. (1933). Über die Wirkung von Bereichsbildungen im Spurenfeld. Psychologische Forschung, 18(1), 299–342. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02409636

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

Créateur

  • Frank Arnould

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-GDVH1Z2G-1

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