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Young, Milauckas, & Bryan (1963) found mean trials to criterion in serial learning to be faster if a prior paired-associate list was compatible with later serial order than if it was incompatible. The present experiment added a paired-associate list constructed by reversing the members of each pair in the “compatible” group. This “backward” group differed significantly from the “incompatible group,” but was similar to both a “compatible” and an unrelated control group.
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Dolinsky, R., Juska, J.J. Backward association in serial learning as a function of prior paired-associate training. Psychon Sci 8, 241–242 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03331641
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