Foley M A, Foley H J, Wilder A, Rusche L
Mem Cognit. 1989 Nov;17(6):755-8. doi: 10.3758/bf03202636.
The purpose of these studies was to explore the role of effort in remembering anagrams and their solutions. In Experiment 1, we compared the effects on memory of copying words, typing them as solutions for easy anagrams, or typing them as solutions for difficult anagrams. Solving anagrams involved more effort than did simply typing words, as indexed by response time. However, this effort facilitated recall for solutions to easy anagrams but not for solutions to difficult anagrams. In Experiment 2, we compared memory for anagrams and their solutions using a frequency-judgment task. Memory for solutions was better than memory for anagrams, and this difference was not affected by anagram difficulty. The results of these studies have implications for our understanding of the role of effort in remembering.
这些研究的目的是探究努力在记忆变位词及其答案方面所起的作用。在实验1中，我们比较了抄写单词、将单词作为简单变位词的答案进行打字输入，或将单词作为困难变位词的答案进行打字输入对记忆的影响。正如反应时间所显示的那样，解变位词比单纯打字涉及更多的努力。然而，这种努力促进了对简单变位词答案的回忆，但对困难变位词的答案则没有促进作用。在实验2中，我们使用频率判断任务比较了对变位词及其答案的记忆。对答案的记忆比对变位词的记忆更好，并且这种差异不受变位词难度的影响。这些研究结果对于我们理解努力在记忆中的作用具有启示意义。
