The American Journal of Psychology, Vol. 91, No. 4 (Dec., 1978), pp. 631-643 (13 pages) One version of deficient-processing theory attributes the lag effects observed in free recall to a diversion of ...

Increased letter spacing helps individuals read faster, but not due to visual processing, according to new research. Increased letter spacing helps individuals read faster, but not due to visual ...

In the late 19th century German psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus published an influential book exploring memory and learning. Ebbinghaus was the first to chronicle a learning phenomenon which became ...

The spacing effect is unintuitive. The common misconception is that massed practice is better than spaced practice. In fact it’s the opposite: If you're going to study something twice (or more), you ...