title: The effects of free recall testing on subsequent source memory.
abstract: The testing effect is the finding that prior retrieval of information from memory will result in better subsequent memory for that material. One explanation for these effects is that initial free recall testing increases the recollective details for tested information, which then becomes more available during a subsequent test phase. In three experiments we explored this hypothesis using a source-monitoring test phase after the initial free recall tests. We discovered that memory is differentially enhanced for certain recollective details depending on the nature of the free recall task. Thus further research needs to be conducted to specify how different kinds of memorial details are enhanced by free recall testing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-3013, USA. gabrewer@uga.edu
authors.forename: Gene A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Brewer
authors.forename: Richard L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Marsh
authors.forename: Joseph T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Meeks
authors.forename: Arlo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Clark-Foos
authors.forename: Jason L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Hicks
mesh_terms: D001245:Association Learning; D001288:Attention; D001307:Auditory Perception; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D008570:Memory, Short-Term; D011939:Mental Recall; D011214:Practice, Psychological; D012153:Retention, Psychology; D012737:Sex Factors; D014706:Verbal Learning