Generation effect in psychology

Creating enhances remembering (2023)
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 In memory research, the generation effect refers to a reliable finding that people remember information better when they create the information rather than try to remember something they read or heard.

For a review of the generation effect, see McCurdy et al. (2020).

Reference

McCurdy, M.P., Viechtbauer, W., Sklenar, A.M. et al. Theories of the generation effect and the impact of generation constraint: A meta-analytic review. Psychon Bull Rev 27, 1139–1165 (2020). https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-020-01762-3

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