Nickl, Anna T. and Baeuml, Karl-Heinz T. (2023) Retrieval practice reduces relative forgetting over time. MEMORY, 31 (10). pp. 1412-1424. ISSN 0965-8211, 1464-0686
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There is overwhelming evidence in the literature that retrieval practice of studied material can lead to better final recall than restudy of the same material. Far less clear is whether this recall benefit is accompanied by reduced subsequent forgetting over time. This study revisited the issue in two experiments by comparing the effects of retrieval practice - with and without feedback -, restudy, and a no-practice condition on recall across different delay intervals ranging between three minutes and several days. We fitted power functions of time to the recall rates of each practice condition and compared relative forgetting rates between conditions. The comparisons showed that relative forgetting was reduced after retrieval practice relative to restudy, the relative forgetting rate after retrieval practice was unaffected by the presence of feedback, and forgetting after restudy did not differ from the no-practice condition. Together with other findings in the literature, the results provide evidence that retrieval practice reduces relative forgetting over time.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | POWER CURVES; FEEDBACK; RETENTION; RECALL; TESTS; INFERENCE; BENEFITS; episodic memory; retrieval practice; time-dependent forgetting; forgetting |
| Subjects: | 100 Philosophy & psychology > 150 Psychology |
| Divisions: | Human Sciences > Institut für Psychologie > Lehrstuhl für Psychologie IV (Entwicklungs- und Kognitionspsychologie) - Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Bäuml |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Feb 2024 09:33 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Feb 2024 09:33 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/59058 |
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