Neither disfluency nor distinctiveness affected memory across three experiments with alien-list stimuli¶
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q3 i? Across three experiments (one on computer, two on paper), Rummer, Schweppe, and Schwede found no effect of disfluency and no effect of distinctiveness on memory. → Bjork 2016
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Bjork 2016¶
Bjork, R. A., & Yue, C. L. (2016). Commentary: Is disfluency desirable? Metacognition Learning, 11, 133–137. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11409-016-9156-8
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Rummer, Schweppe, and Schwede presented lists of aliens and their characteristics, with four lists in a consistent format and a fifth list in the opposite format so that either the fluent or disfluent list was distinctive (as summarized in this commentary). No effects of disfluency or distinctiveness emerged.
"Across three experiments (one on the computer and two on paper), they found no effect of disfluency and, surprisingly, no effect of distinctiveness."
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Neither disfluency nor distinctiveness affected memory across three experiments with alien-list stimuli |
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Neither disfluency nor distinctiveness affected memory across three experiments with alien-list stimuli |
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2016 |
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