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Directed Forgetting in Incidental Learning and Recognition Testing: Support for a Two-Factor Account
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Direct linkSahakyan, Lili; Delaney, Peter F. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2005
Instructing people to forget a list of items often leads to better recall of subsequently studied lists (known as the benefits of directed forgetting). The authors have proposed that changes in study strategy are a central cause of the benefits (L. Sahakyan & P. F. Delaney, 2003). The authors address 2 results from the literature that are…
Descriptors: Memory, Learning Strategies, Recognition (Psychology), Testing
