Two 29-word descriptive passages from the works of D. H. Lawrence were placed on a memory drum and learned by serial anticipation in the usual RI paradigm. Significant RI occurred, but relative RI was only 8.78%, far less than is found with more difficult prose material. It thus appears that the structure of the material protected it against interference.
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