ABSTRACT
This chapter is concerned with the manner in which practicing memory tasks influences. subsequent acquisition and retention. This is admittedly a very broad topic, and most if not all of the sessions at the Third Practical Aspects of Memory Conference had something to say about memory practice effects. What differentiates our review is that we are interested in the effects of memory practice per se, rather than more specific topics such as strategy use or the effectiveness of classical mnemonics. Here we review work from three domains: skilled memory, the effects of encoding and retrieval practice, and some recent developments concerning implicit memory and implicit learning (see Schacter, 1987; Seger, 1994, for reviews).
