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Paired-associate (PA) performance was significantly improved by interpolation of three successive recall-test trials between pairing, trials, but did not change systematically over the three successive test trials. Increasing, number of stimulus elements had only slight deleterious effects on initial PA performance. The results indicate that the principal effect produced by interpolated test trials is to facilitate PA learning during subsequent pairing trials.
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1. This research was supported by Public Health Service Research Grant HD-01062 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and is based upon a Master’s thesis by the senior author.
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Berry, J.K., Battig, W.F. Paired-associate performance on successive recall-test trials as a function of number of successive pairing trials and stimulus elements. Psychon Sci 6, 67–68 (1966). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03327960
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