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A group of Ss with instructions to use a mnemonic technique and a group with standard serial anticipation instructions learned a list of English nouns to a criterion of one error-free anticipation. Mnemonic Ss made fewer errors and took fewer trials to criterion. They also took longer to respond, and made a higher proportion of their errors in the form of omissions. The learning of a second list, and backward recall, were also investigated.
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Delin, P.S. The learning to criterion of a serial list with and without mnemonic instructions. Psychon Sci 16, 169–170 (1969). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03336358
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