It was shown that there were only low and nonsignificant correlations within abstract information-processing groups under divergent encoding conditions between the number of generated uses or sentences and the incidental free-recall performance. Moderate correlations (with one exception) were found within concrete (pictures or their labels) information-processing groups. The results are at variance with an interpretative variability hypothesis for abstract words.
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