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The present research investigated the effects of multiple images on associative learning. In Experiment 1, subjects formed either a noninteractive image of two words, a single interactive image, a multiple interactive image consisting of multiple copies of the same image, or a multiple interactive image consisting of different images. In Experiment 2, the different multiple images were formed across trials instead of simultaneously during the same trial. Both experiments showed that, although interactive images are superior to noninteractive images, there is no reliable facilitation from multiple images as compared with single images. The results were discussed in terms of the variable-encoding hypothesis and previous findings that multiple retrieval paths facilitate verbal learning.
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This research was supported by Public Health Service Grant MH-21037 to the first author and was conducted in part at the University of Washington and in part at the University of California, Irvine.
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Nelson, T.O., Greene, G., Ronk, B. et al. Effect of multiple images on associative learning. Memory & Cognition 6, 337–341 (1978). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03197464
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