Effects of instructions to form common and bizarre mental images on retention.

Concreteness, imagery, and meaningfulness values for 925 nouns.

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Bizarreness versus interaction of mental images as determinants of learning

Keith A. Wollen, Andréa Weber, Douglas H. Lowry · Cognitive Psychology · 1972 · 156 citations

Social Sciences, Educational Psychology, Psychology +11

Mnemonic Systems in Recall.

Gordoń Wood · Journal of Educational Psychology · 1967 · 98 citations

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Images as Memory Aids: Is Bizarreness Helpful?

Stanley C. Collyer, John Jonides, William Bevan · The American Journal of Psychology · 1972 · 51 citations

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An Investigation of “Bizarre” Imagery as a Mnemonic Device

J. J. Persensky, R. J. Senter · The Psychological Record · 1970 · 23 citations

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