{"pk":26272,"title":"The Primary and Convergent Retrieval Model of Recall","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Memory models typically assume that recall is a two-stage\nprocess with learning affecting both processes to the same\ndegree. This equal learning assumption is difficult to reconcile\nwith studies of the 'testing effect', which reveal different\nforgetting rates following learning from test practice versus\nlearning from restudy. Here we present a new memory model,\ntermed Primary and Convergent Retrieval (PCR) that assumes\nsuccessful recall leads to a selective enhancement for the\nsecond stage of recall (Convergent Retrieval). We applied this\nmodel to existing testing effect data. In two new experiments,\nwe confirmed novel predictions of the PCR model for transfer\nbetween retrieval cues and for recall latencies. This is the first\nformally specified model of the testing effect and it has broad\nimplications for the nature of learning and retrieval.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[{"word":"Memory Modeling; The Testing Effect"},{"word":"Retrieval\nPractice"}],"section":"Papers","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4q0143wh","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"William","middle_name":"J.","last_name":"Hopper","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Massachusetts Amherst","department":""},{"first_name":"David","middle_name":"E.","last_name":"Huber","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Massachusetts Amherst","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2016-01-01T18:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/26272/galley/15908/download/"}]}