isolation effect

An item that is conceptually or physically different from other items in a series is often remembered well. This isolation effect… (More)

An item that differs from the surrounding items is remembered better than an item that is consistent with its surroundings; this… (More)

Previous studies suggested that the language production architecture is recruited during verbal retention, and others proposed… (More)

When a homogeneous list contains a few items that are different from the rest of the items in the list, these isolated items show… (More)

If all but one of the items in a list are similar (e.g., all black except one red), memory for the different item is enhanced… (More)

There is scant evidence that children younger than 7 years show a memory advantage for distinct information, a memory phenomenon… (More)

The mechanisms underlying the improved recall of isolated events (von Restorff effect) were investigated. Participants studied… (More)