Cepeda et al. (2006)

Distributed practice in verbal recall tasks: A review and quantitative synthesis.

Psychological Bulletin, 132(3), 354-380

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Cepeda, N. J., Pashler, H., Vul, E., Wixted, J. T., & Rohrer, D. (2006). Distributed practice in verbal recall tasks: A review and quantitative synthesis. Psychological Bulletin, 132(3), 354-380. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.132.3.354

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Forgetting Memory Processes

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A meta-analysis of the spacing effect covered 839 assessments from 317 experiments in 184 articles and found that the gap between study sessions and the retention interval work together: the gap that gives the best retention grows as the retention interval grows