The Memory Retrieval Debate Revisited: Is it Spreading Activation or Compound-Cue?
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Two major competing theories explaining the process of memory retrieval are Spreading Activation (e.g., Anderson, 1983) and Compound Cue (e.g., Ratcliff & McKoon; 1994). The theories disagree on whether the retrieval process begins with the activation of a particular concept in long-term memory or with formation of a retrieval cue in short-term memory. Three-step priming can be explained by spreading activation but not by compound-cue theories. Thus, the present study tested for the occurrence of three-step mediated priming.
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تاریخ انتشار 2007