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Paired-associate learning was retarded significantly when groups of pairs in the list appeared with a common label. The decrement was due largely to increased interference (response competition) among pairs sharing the same label. It is concluded that labels serve to categorize the pairs in the list.
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1. This investigation was supported by Public Health Service Research Grant MH-11179-02, 03 to the first author, and by a National Science Foundation Predoctoral Traineeship to the second author.
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Brown, S.C., Sanford, J.F. Intralist categorization in paired-associate learning. Psychon Sci 10, 345–346 (1968). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03331553
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