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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Mem Lang. 2012 May 1;66(4):763–788. doi: 10.1016/j.jml.2011.12.002

Table 4.

Correct Recall Probabilities in Experiments 3 and 4

Retention test


Children Adolescents
1 2 3 4 5 M 1 2 3 4 5 M

Experiment 3 (typical)
Cat. cues:
 Cat. targets .66 .74 .83 .83 .84 .78 .61 .74 .73 .82 .84 .75
 Un. targets .71 .78 .80 .81 .81 .78 .72 .78 .80 .81 .74 .77
Un. cues:
 Cat. targets .72 .84 .84 .85 .88 .83 .73 .89 .90 .90 .91 .87
 Un. targets .70 .77 .80 .83 .84 .79 .81 .84 .86 .88 .88 .85

Experiment 4 (atypical)

Cat. cues:
 Cat. targets .44 .51 .56 .57 .57 .52 .59 .67 .70 .72 .71 .68
 Un. Targets .68 .72 .75 .78 .78 .74 .77 .80 .83 .83 .86 .82
Un. cues:
 Cat. targets .84 .89 .90 .84 .93 .88 .73 .88 .90 .90 .91 .86
 Un. Targets .71 .76 .80 .80 .80 .77 .79 .83 .86 .88 .89 .85