Elaborative retrieval: Do semantic mediators improve memory?

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition Elaborative Retrieval: Do Semantic Mediators Improve Memory?

Semantic associations and elaborative inference.

In this article, a theoretical framework is proposed for the inference processes that occur during reading. According to the framework, inferences can vary in the degree to which they are encoded. This notion is supported by three experiments in this article that show that degree of encoding can depend on the amount of semantic-associative information available to support the inference processe...

Production improves memory equivalently following elaborative vs non-elaborative processing.

Words that are read aloud are better remembered than those read silently. Recent research has suggested that, rather than reflecting a benefit for produced items, this production effect may reflect a cost to reading silently in a list containing both aloud and silent items (Bodner, Taikh, & Fawcett, 2013). This cost is argued to occur because silent items are lazily read, receiving less attenti...

Do Thematic Maps Improve Information Retrieval?

Thematic maps in the context of information retrieval are tools that graphically present documents and characterising terms. We investigated the usefulness of thematic maps in a laboratory experiment comparing a thematic map with a command language interface. Six subjects solved eight search tasks producing ten hours of logged and tape-recorded data. The experiment revealed no improvement in th...

Retrieval Blocks in Episodic and Semantic Memory*

A retrieval block refers to impaired accessibility in retrieving target information when semantically related information is presented (or retrieved) prior to target retrieval. Research concerning retrieval blocks is reviewed in this paper. Evidence for such blocks occurs in a variety of situations, including both episodic and semantic memory tasks. Retrieval blocks have been most thoroughly st...