Elucidating the cognitive processes involved in the <scp>note‐taking</scp> effect

There are three unique cognitive mechanisms during note taking: generative processing, summarization, and sustained attention. Generative processing is active construction of associations between novel information prior knowledge experiences. Summarization forces identification the most pertinent to create a coherent synopsis. Sustained attention selectively concentrating on while ignoring irrelevant distraction. This investigation compared operation in relation note-taking effect—the advantage taking when there no opportunity review notes. Experiment 1, through measurement task-relevant task-irrelevant distraction, showed that positively related negatively retention. 2, an instruction manipulation, impeded summarization facilitated Therefore, cannot account for effect. Instead, these results suggest primary processes underlying