Divided attention: An undesirable difficulty in memory retention
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Running head: MEMORY RETENTION AND DIVIDED ATTENTION 1 Divided Attention: An Undesirable Difficulty in Memory Retention
How can we improve memory retention? A large body of research suggests that difficulty encountered during learning, such as when practice sessions are distributed rather than massed, can enhance later memory performance (see Bjork & Bjork, 1992). Here, we investigated whether divided attention during retrieval practice can also constitute a desirable difficulty. Following two initial study phas...
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عنوان ژورنال: Memory & Cognition
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0090-502X,1532-5946
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-013-0326-5