Testing enhances learning across a range of episodic memory abilities
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- Authors
- Pan, S. C., Pashler, H., Potter, Z. E., & Rickard, T. C.
- Affiliations
- University of California San Diego (US)
- Corresponding author
- Rickard, Timothy C.
- Venue
- Journal of Memory and Language
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2015-08
- Volume
- 83
- Pages
- 53-61
- ISSN
- 0749-596X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2120638953
- Cited by
- 41
- References
- 24
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 2
- FWCI
- 3.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Memory and Language (publishedVersion)
- eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Science Foundation
- James S. McDonnell Foundation
- Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative
- Office of Naval Research
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Abilities and Testing
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Functions and Memory
- Keywords
- testing effect, episodic memory, individual differences, memory ability, replication, sampling bias, ability distribution, memory training, educational implications
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