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Two experimental groups learned a list of four visual figures; one group learned these to the criterion of two perfect trials, and the second group received additional practice. A control group received no learning trials with the figures. All groups (N = 11 Ss each) then received practice on a list of eight figures, which included those learned by- the experimental groups. Positive learning transfer was shown only by the group receiving the overtraining. Transfer was not accounted for by an increase in the relative frequency with which overlearned stimuli were recalled while learning the eight stimuli.
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Whitman, J.R., Anderson, E.P. Transfer effects in part to whole free-recall learning. Psychon Sci 21, 109–111 (1970). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03335790
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