The influence of word-knowledge on the word-frequency effect in recognition memory
Psychonomic SciencePublished 1 December 1968Open access
L. R. Allen, R. F. Garton
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Abstract
This experiment was conducted in an attempt to separate the effects of word-frequency and word-knowledge in recognition memory. Operating characteristics supported previous findings that it was easier for Ss to distinguish between old and new words having a low-frequency word count than between old and new common words. A knowledge of the meaning of a rare word was found to facilitate the discrimination of old from new low-frequency words.
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Neuroscience
Psychonomic ScienceWord length and rarity in recognition memory
82 Citations1967Arthur I. Schulman
Operating characteristics were used to assess the importance of word-frequency and word-length in recognition memory and it was much easier for Ss to distinguish between old and new rare words than betweenOld and new common words.