Facilitative Effects of Forgetting from Short-Term Memory on Growth of Long-Term Memory in Retardates.

Sperber, Richard D.

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ERIC Number: EJ145295

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Publication Date: 1976

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Facilitative Effects of Forgetting from Short-Term Memory on Growth of Long-Term Memory in Retardates

Sperber, Richard D.

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 21, 3, 406-416, Jun 76

Competing explanations of the beneficial effect of spacing in retardate discrimination learning were tested. Results are inconsistent with consolidation and rehearsal theories but support the prediction of the Geber, Greenfield, and House spacing model that forgetting from short-term memory facilities retardate learning. (Author/SB)

Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Discrimination Learning, Memory, Mental Retardation, Research

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