The effect of study time distribution on learning and retention: a Goldilocks principle for presentation rate |
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Authors: | de Jonge Mario Tabbers Huib K Pecher Diane Zeelenberg René |
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Institution: | Department of Psychology, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. dejonge@fsw.eur.nl |
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Abstract: | In 2 experiments, we investigated the effect of presentation rate on both immediate (5 min) and delayed (2 days) cued recall of paired associates. Word pairs were presented for a total of 16 s per pair, with presentation duration of individual presentations varying from 1 to 16 s. In Experiment 1, participants studied word pairs with presentation rates of 16 × 1 s, 8 × 2 s, 4 × 4 s, 2 × 8 s, or 1 × 16 s. A nonmonotonic relationship was found between presentation rate and cued recall performance. Both short (e.g., 1 s) and long (e.g., 16 s) presentation durations resulted in poor immediate and delayed recall, compared with intermediate presentation durations. In Experiment 2, we replicated these general findings. Moreover, we showed that the 4 s condition resulted in less proportional forgetting than the 1 s and the 16 s conditions. |
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