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Ss produced an instance of a category and following zero or two intervening items produced a second instance of the same category. The second instance was produced more quickly than the initial instance. This finding, in conjunction with other data reported in the paper, indicate that the reduction in latency for the second instance is due mostly to a reduction in the rate with which the category is searched.
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The research was supported by a National Institute of Mental Health grant to E. Loftus and a National Science Foundation grant to G. Loftus. Appreciation is expressed to Thomas O. Nelson for his comments on the manuscript.
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Loftus, G.R., Loftus, E.F. The influence of one memory retrieval on a subsequent memory retrieval. Memory & Cognition 2, 467–471 (1974). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03196906
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