{"id":150,"date":"2014-02-24T18:00:18","date_gmt":"2014-02-24T18:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/test.neurecall.com:8888\/blog\/?p=150"},"modified":"2025-06-06T15:39:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T15:39:31","slug":"strength-of-encoding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syngli.com\/blog\/strength-of-encoding\/","title":{"rendered":"Encoding strength determines item retention and retrieval"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1088%2F1741-2560%2F10%2F6%2F066013\">Hampson et al. (2013 <em>JNE<\/em>)<\/a> point out \u201cthat after an intervening period of lack of exposure to the item, correct retention or retrieval of the item is dependent on the strength of encoding of the information at the time of the initial exposure\u201d (pp. 1-2), citing in this regard <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0028393201001725\">Downes et al. (2002 <em>Neuropsychologia<\/em>)<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0959438806000389\">Moscovitch et al. (2006 <em>Curr Opin Neurobiol<\/em>)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.syngli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/fredy-jacob-t0SlmanfFcg-unsplash.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-id=\"2029\" src=\"https:\/\/www.syngli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/fredy-jacob-t0SlmanfFcg-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2029\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.syngli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/fredy-jacob-t0SlmanfFcg-unsplash.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.syngli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/fredy-jacob-t0SlmanfFcg-unsplash-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.syngli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/fredy-jacob-t0SlmanfFcg-unsplash-120x68.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@thefredyjacob?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\">Fredy Jacob<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/red-and-white-floppy-disk-on-white-surface-t0SlmanfFcg?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\">Unsplash<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hampson et al. 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(2002 Neuropsychologia) and&#8230; <a class=\"view-article\" href=\"https:\/\/www.syngli.com\/blog\/strength-of-encoding\/\">View Article<\/a>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Encoding strength determines item retention and retrieval - Syngli - Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"after a period of no exposure to the item, item retention or retrieval is dependent on the strength of encoding of the information at the initial exposure\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.syngli.com\/blog\/strength-of-encoding\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Encoding strength determines item retention and retrieval - 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