• DOI:10.1037/a0017021
Corpus ID: 13534020

Cue strength as a moderator of the testing effect: the benefits of elaborative retrieval.

@article{Carpenter2009CueSA,
  title={Cue strength as a moderator of the testing effect: the benefits of elaborative retrieval.},
  author={Shana K Carpenter},
  journal={Journal of experimental psychology. Learning, memory, and cognition},
  year={2009},
  volume={35 6},
  pages={
          1563-9
        }
}

• Shana K Carpenter
• Published 2009
• Psychology, Medicine
• Journal of experimental psychology. Learning, memory, and cognition

The current study explored the elaborative retrieval hypothesis as an explanation for the testing effect: the tendency for a memory test to enhance retention more than restudying. In particular, the retrieval process during testing may activate elaborative information related to the target response, thereby increasing the chances that activation of any of this information will facilitate later retrieval of the target. In a test of this view, participants learned cue-target pairs, which were… Expand

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