A combination of restudy and retrieval practice maximizes retention of briefly encountered facts

IntroductionIs retrieval practice always superior to restudy? In a classic study by Roediger and Karpicke, long-term retention of information contained in prose passages was found to be best when opportunities to restudy were replaced with opportunities to self-test. We were interested whether this...

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Main Authors: Stefania R. Ashby, Dagmar Zeithamova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Cognition
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcogn.2023.1258955/full