The drawing effect: Evidence for reliable and robust memory benefits in free recall

• Published in: Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006) Vol. 69; no. 9; pp. 1752 - 1776
• Main Authors: Wammes, Jeffrey D., Meade, Melissa E., Fernandes, Myra A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England Routledge 01.09.2016; SAGE Publications
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Analysis of Variance; Concept Formation - physiology; Female; Humans; Imagery; Imagination - physiology; Levels of processing; Male; Memory; Mental Recall - physiology; Middle Aged; Psychomotor Performance - physiology; Reaction Time - physiology; Retention (Psychology) - physiology; Subject-performed tasks; Surveys and Questionnaires; Verbal Learning - physiology; Vocabulary; Young Adult; Drawing; Subject-performed tasks; Levels of processing; Imagery; Memory

In 7 free-recall experiments, the benefit of creating drawings of to-be-remembered information relative to writing was examined as a mnemonic strategy. In Experiments 1 and 2, participants were presented with a list of words and were asked to either draw or write out each. Drawn words were better re...