Effects that a massed repetition of one pair has on other pairs in a list

Hypothesized that a massed repetition of 1 word pair in a list facilitates the recall of other pairs in that list. This was confirmed using 6-pair lists with Murdock-type test of individual pairs in the lists. Ss were 90 undergraduates. A massed repetition at Serial Positions 1, 3, or 4 resulted in better recall of the lists as a whole, and there was a striking absence of peaks in the recall curves at points corresponding to the repeated pairs. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved).