Very similar spacing-effect patterns in very different learning/practice domains.

Temporally distributed ("spaced") learning can be twice as efficient as massed learning. This "spacing effect" occurs with a broad spectrum of learning materials, with humans of different ages, with non-human vertebrates and also invertebrates. This indicates, that very basic lea...

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Main Authors: Jürgen Kornmeier, Manfred Spitzer, Zrinka Sosic-Vasic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3946552?pdf=render