title: Long-term retention as a function of word concreteness under conditions of free recall.
abstract: Acquisition and long-term retention of concrete (C) and abstract (A) words were investigated under conditions of multiple-trial free recall. Both unmixed and mixed lists were used in original learning. Retention was tested either 1 rain or 1 week after attainment of the learning criterion. Acquisition was faster and retention was higher for C than for A words. These differences were more pronounced for mixed than for unmixed lists.
authors.affiliation: University of California, 94720, Berkeley, California.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Postman
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Burns