Fact · Dictation
In a 2006 review of verbal recall studies, the gap between study sessions that gave the best retention grew as the retention period grew.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“the ISI producing maximal retention increased as retention interval increased”
Distributed practice in verbal recall tasks: A review and quantitative synthesis, Nicholas J. Cepeda et al., Psychological Bulletin, 2006, Abstract.
Open the original- What it measures
- ISI is the inter-study interval, the gap between practice sessions. The retention interval is how long the memory must last.
- What it does not show
- Built from memory experiments with words and facts. It is not a finding about dictation or motor skill.