Instability in memory phenomena: A common puzzle and a unifying explanation From: Psychonomic Bulletin & Review | Date: April 1, 2008| Author: McDaniel, Mark A; Bugg, Julie M | Copyright Psychonomic Society, Inc. Apr 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

In mixed lists, stable free recall advantages are observed for encoding conditions that are unusual, bizarre, or attract extensive individual item elaboration relative to more common encoding conditions; but this recall advantage is often eliminated or reversed in pure lists. We attempt to explain this ubiquitous memory puzzle with an item-order account that assumes that (1) free recall of unrelated lists depends on order and item information; (2) unusual items attract greater individual item...

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