The free recall of low meaningfulness CVCs was studied as a function of four levels of intralist similarity. The lowest intralist similarity condition yielded the largest mean number of correct responses, and no significant difference appeared among the other three groups. There was an increase in the mean number of incorrect responses as the level of intralist similarity increased. Results were discussed in terms of the joint action of increased formal intralist similarity and the increased opportunity for conceptual similarity effects as intralist similarity increases.
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