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A repetition experiment was designed to test the effects of lag and modality changes on free recall. The results showed a powerful lag effect over the range of 0-9 items, however, there were no differences in recall between items repeated in the same or different modality in the 56-item list. Either the encoding variability hypothesis is wrong or it applies only to variation in semantic attributes, not to variation in physical attributes such as modality.
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This research was supported by Grant APA 146 from the National Research Council of Canada and OMHF Grant 164 from the Ontario Mental Health Foundation while both authors were working with B. B. Murdock, Jr., at the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. This paper is sponsored by B. B. Murdock, Jr., who takes full editorial responsibility for its contents.
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Wells, J.E., Kirsner, K. Repetition between and within modalities in free recall. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 4, 395–397 (1974). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03336730
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