Richer Concepts are Better Remembered: Number of Features Effects in Free Recall

In four experiments, we tested the expectation that concepts associated with more semantic features would be better remembered than concepts associated with fewer semantic features. Using feature listing norms we selected sets of items for which people tend to list high numbers of features (high NoF...

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Main Authors: Ian Scott Hargreaves, Penny M Pexman, Jeremy S Johnson, Lenka eZdrazilova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2012.00073/full