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List-length effect: A smaller percentage of items are remembered in a longer list, but as the length of the list increases, the absolute number of items remembered increases as well. [162] Memory inhibition: Being shown some items from a list makes it harder to retrieve the other items (e.g., Slamecka, 1968). Misinformation effect
“It’s not that I would wish my youthful awkwardness on my daughter,” says psychiatrist Samantha Boardman (who turned into a very glamorous adult). But she does wonder what might be lost ...
Semantic satiation is a psychological phenomenon in which repetition causes a word or phrase to temporarily lose meaning for the listener, [1] who then perceives the speech as repeated meaningless sounds. Extended inspection or analysis (staring at the word or phrase for a long time) in place of repetition also produces the same effect.
In cognitive psychology, fast mapping is the term used for the hypothesized mental process whereby a new concept is learned (or a new hypothesis formed) based only on minimal exposure to a given unit of information (e.g., one exposure to a word in an informative context where its referent is present).
I’m definitely not fast anymore.” The sprint race in Qatar is set to begin at 2pm GMT on Saturday, with a further qualifying session scheduled later that day for Sunday’s grand prix.
This pace will look different on every person, but you want to feel challenged—and you’ll know you’re going fast enough if your heart rate starts to increase, even ever-so-slightly. Even if ...
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The 5th Wave is a trilogy of young adult post-apocalyptic sci-fi novels written by American author Rick Yancey. The series started in May 2013 with the first book, The 5th Wave . A sequel titled The Infinite Sea was published in 2014.