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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > distinctiveness effect > secondary distinctiveness effect > orthographic distinctiveness effect ​

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orthographic distinctiveness effect ​  

Definition(s)

  • Better memory for words with a distinctive spelling compared to words with a common spelling.

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Hunt, R. R., & Elliot, J. M. (1980). The role of nonsemantic information in memory: Orthographic distinctiveness effects on retention. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 109(1), 49–74. https://doi.org/10.1037/0096-3445.109.1.49

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
  • • McDaniel, M. A., Cahill, M., Bugg, J. M., & Meadow, N. G. (2011). Dissociative effects of orthographic distinctiveness in pure and mixed lists : An item-order account. Memory & Cognition, 39(7), 1162. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-011-0097-9

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: open]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

Moderator variable(s)

  • • List composition: the effect appears in mixed lists composed of words with atypical letter combinations and words with more usual letter combinations, but not in pure lists (Hunt & Elliot, 1980 ; McDaniel et al., 2011).

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