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In a multitrial free-recall experiment, free-recall Ss were compared with a group of Ss who were instructed that all of the words would not be presented on each trial and that they must recall only the words that were presented. While, in fact, all of the words were consistently presented in both groups, recall performance was depressed in the specially instructed group.
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This experiment was supported by the University of Nebraska Research Council under Grant No. G04-4128-38R. I want to thank Mary Lou Homan who ran the Ss in this experiment
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Weist, R.M. “No-show” phenomena in free recall. Psychon Sci 21, 366 (1970). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03335822
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