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Transfer-appropriate processing (TAP), as applied to implicit memory, has tended to emphasize general forms of processing (e.g.,perceptual or conceptual processing). In the present studies, the TAP principle was employed in a more specific manner in order to more precisely assess the relations between the processing engaged during first exposure and that engaged during second exposure to items. Thirteen experiments used a two-phase, cross-task design in which participants engaged in different combinations of seven specific intentional tasks between Phase 1 and Phase 2. Maximum repetition priming was found when tasks were the same in Phases 1 and 2. When Phase 1 and Phase 2 tasks differed, there were lesser, or no, repetition priming effects, depending on the particular combination of tasks. The results demonstrate the importance of the specific intentional processes engaged during repetition priming and the potential heuristic value of TAP, as a principle and methodology, for exploring the organization of memory and related process models.
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Franks, J.J., Bilbrey, C.W., Lien, K.G. et al. Transfer-appropriate processing (TAP). Memory & Cognition 28, 1140–1151 (2000). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03211815
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