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raketka [301]
3 years ago
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Why were nonsense syllables used in the earliest studies of forgetting? so that the stimulus materials were simple enough that e

ven children could read and remember them so that cross-cultural comparisons of memory could be investigated using speakers of different languages so that the material did not have preexisting associations in memory to reduce retroactive interference?
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kkurt [141]3 years ago
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Nonsense syllables were used in the earliest studies of forgetting <span>so that the material did not have preexisting associations in memory. Nonsense syllables are </span><span>any of numerous letter combinations that are arbitrarily formed, used in memory or learning experiments and tests.</span>

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