TY - JOUR PY - 1991// TI - Perceptual interference improves explicit memory but does not enhance data-driven processing JO - Journal of experimental psychology: learning, memory, and cognition A1 - Hirshman, Elliot A1 - Mulligan, N. SP - 507 EP - 513 VL - 17 IS - 3 N2 - 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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