Levels of processing: A framework for memory research
Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal BehaviorPublished 1 December 1972
Fergus I. M. Craik, Robert S. Lockhart
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An alternative framework for human memory research is outlined in terms of depth or levels of processing and some current data and arguments are reexamined in the light of this alternative framework.
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This paper briefly reviews the evidence for multistore theories of memory and points out some difficulties with the approach. An alternative framework for human memory research is then outlined in terms of depth or levels of processing. Some current data and arguments are reexamined in the light of this alternative framework and implications for further research considered.
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