A serial-learning task composed of eight trigrams scaled by proximity analysis was given to two groups. The same items were used for both groups, but the order was different. The trigrams were in a random order for one group while the other group had their list structured according to radex theory. The structured list produced faster learning with fewer errors than the random order.
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