Citation

Hirshman E, Mulligan N. J. Exp. Psychol. Learn. Mem. Cogn. 1991; 17(3): 507-513.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599-3270.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, American Psychological Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1829474

Abstract

Nairne (1988) has recently demonstrated that interfering with the perceptual processing of an item at study improves later memory for that item. Nairne hypothesized that interfering with perceptual processes induces a data-driven generation process that enhances the representation of visual information. Using a variant of Nairne's procedure, we both replicated his original findings and tested his hypothesis that enhanced data-driven processing causes the current effect. The results of studies using free recall and perceptual identification tests were inconsistent with Nairne's hypothesis. We consider several alternative interpretations in the General Discussion.

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