Learning new word meanings from story reading: the benefit of immediate testing

This study investigated how word meanings can be learned from natural story reading. Three experiments with adult participants compared naturalistic incidental learning with intentional learning of new meanings for familiar words, and examined the role of immediate tests in maintaining memory of new...

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Main Authors: Rachael C. Hulme, Jennifer M. Rodd
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2021-08-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/11693.pdf