creators_name: Muter, Paul
type: journalp
datestamp: 2005-06-05
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title:  Recognition and recall of words with a single meaning
ispublished: pub
subjects: cog-psy
full_text_status: public
keywords: recognition, recall, semantic memory
abstract: Twenty-four subjects were tested for recognition of famous surnames and then were tested for cued recall of the same surnames. For common names (e.g., Cooper), the usual pattern of recognition failure of recallable words (Tulving & Wiseman, 1975) was found. For unique, "single-node" names (e.g., Kierkegaard), virtually no recognition failure (1.4%) of recallable words was obtained. These results fit well with generation-recognition theory.
date: 1984
date_type: published
publication: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition
volume: 10
publisher: American Psychological Association, Inc.
pagerange: 198-202
refereed: TRUE
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citation:   Muter, Paul  (1984)  Recognition and recall of words with a single meaning.  [Journal (Paginated)]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/4381/1/Abs1984.htm