原文链接:http:www。spring。org。uk201510verbalmemorystrengthenedbytwistonoldstrategy。php 翻译请保留原文链接哦 欲翻译的小伙伴,可评论领稿,并把已完成的译文发在自己的心理圈or个人主页的日志内。请领稿的小伙伴,尽量在一个星期内完成翻译,谢谢!! Reinforceverbalrecallwithadvanceonoldstrategy。 Repeatinginformationtoanotherpersonboostsmemory,anewstudyfinds。 Thetechniqueworksbetterthanrepeatingsomethingoutloudtonooneorrepeatingittoyourselfinyourhead。 Itseemsitworksbetterifthereissomeoneelsetheretoheariteveniftheyarenotlistening。 ProfessorVictorBoucher,wholedthestudy,said: “Weknewthatrepeatingaloudwasgoodformemory,butthisisthefirststudytoshowthatifitisdoneinacontextofcommunication,theeffectisgreaterintermsofinformationrecall。” Inthestudypeoplerepeatedwordsfourdifferentways,sometimesmovingtheirlips,sometimesnotandsometimesoutloudtosomeone,andsometimestonoone。 Theresultsshowedthatrepeatingwordsoutloudtoanotherpersonwaslinkedtothebestrecall。 Theleasteffectivetechniquewasrepeatinginformationsilentlywithoutmovingthelips。 Theproductionofsensoryandmotortraceshelpsmemory,ProfessorBoucherexplained: “Theproductionofoneormoresensoryaspectsallowsformoreefficientrecalloftheverbalelement。 Buttheaddedeffectoftalkingtosomeoneshowsthatinadditiontothesensorimotoraspectsrelatedtoverbalexpression,thebrainreferstothemultisensoryinformationassociatedwiththecommunicationepisode。 Theresultisthattheinformationisbetterretainedinmemory。” Theresearcherstriedtheexperimentagain,butthistimewithnonwords。 Nonwordsaremadeupofsoundsthatcouldbewords,butaren’t,like‘snolp’or‘snigrit’。 Theyfoundthatitmadenotdifferencetomemoryhowpeoplesaidnonwords。 ProfessorBouchersaid: “Theresultsofourresearchconfirmtheimportanceofmotorsensoryexperiencesinmemoryretentionandhelptobetterdefinesensoryepisodesassociatedwithverbalexpression。” Repetitionalsohasotheruses: “Repetitionisoneoftheeasiestandmostwidespreadmethodsofpersuasion。 Infactit’ssoobviousthatwesometimesforgethowpowerfulitis。 Peopleratestatementsthathavebeenrepeatedjustonceasmorevalidortruethanthingsthey’veheardforthefirsttime。 Theyevenratestatementsastruerwhenthepersonsayingthemhasbeenrepeatedlylying。”