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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > distributed practice effect > spacing effect

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spacing effect  

Definition(s)

  • When items are repeated in a list, those which are not consecutively repeated (spaced) are recalled better than those which are repeated consecutively.

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  • • Cepeda, N. J., Pashler, H., Vul, E., Wixted, J. T., & Rohrer, D. (2006). Distributed practice in verbal recall tasks : A review and quantitative synthesis. Psychological Bulletin, 132(3), 354‑380. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.132.3.354

    [Study type: meta-analysis / Access: closed]
  • • Gerbier, É., & Koenig, O. (2015). Comment les intervalles temporels entre les répétitions d’une information en influencent-ils la mémorisation ? Revue théorique des effets de pratique distribuée. L’Année Psychologique, 115(3), 435–462. https://doi.org/10.4074/S0003503315000159

    [Study type: literature review / Access: open]
  • • Greene, R. L. (1989). Spacing effects in memory : Evidence for a two-process account. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 15(3), 371‑377. href=" https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.15.3.371

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
  • • Perruchet, P. (1987). Pourquoi apprend-on mieux quand les répétitions sont espacées ? Une évaluation des réponses contemporaines. L’Année Psychologique, 87(2), 253–272. https://doi.org/10.3406/psy.1987.29203

    [Study type: literature review / Access: open]
  • • Zwaan, R. A., Pecher, D., Paolacci, G., Bouwmeester, S., Verkoeijen, P., Dijkstra, K., & Zeelenberg, R. (2018). Participant Nonnaiveté and the reproducibility of cognitive psychology. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 25(5), 1968‑1972. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-017-1348-y

    [Study type: empirical study, replication / Access: open]

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  • Frank Arnould

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