Bizarre imagery as an effective memory aid: the importance of distinctiveness
Five experiments; bizarre imagery aided recall in mixed lists; effect persisted across presentation timings; distinctiveness proposed as the explanation.
Five experiments; bizarre imagery aided recall in mixed lists; effect persisted across presentation timings; distinctiveness proposed as the explanation.
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Memory, and Cognition, 12(1), 54-65. doi:10.1037/0278-7393.12.1.54. Abstract read: five experiments; bizarre imagery aided recall in mixed lists; effect persisted across presentation timings; distinctiveness proposed as the explanation.