The mechanism of the word-frequency effect on recognition memory
Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal BehaviorPublished 1 February 1974
Marcel Kinsbourne, James W. George
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Abstract
The better recognition memory for rare as compared to frequently used words was shown to be unrelated to difference in association value, imagery, concreteness, or any change in phenomenal frequency due to exposure on the test list. But a manipulation substantially modified recognition scores. Words that were exposed just prior to the learning task for ostensibly unrelated purposes were much less well recognized than ones not so exposed. The frequency-recognition effect was thus simulated in the laboratory by manipulating situational frequency.
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