cumulative rehearsal

a strategy for retaining information in short-term memory in which a person repeats the most recently presented item (e.g., a word) and then rehearses it (see rehearsal) with all the items that have been presented before it, thus reviewing earlier items upon each presentation of a new item. Cumulative rehearsal is associated with higher levels of free-recall performance than is passive rehearsal. Also called active rehearsal.

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May 10th 2024

trochlear nerve

the fourth cranial nerve, which contains motor fibers supplying the superior oblique muscle of the eyeball.