Abstract:The beneficial effect of eye‐closure during retrieval was demonstrated in many studies addressing eyewitness memory or memory of episodic events. Fewer studies examined the effect concerning the intentional learning of verbal information. Furthermore, the question of whether the eye‐closure effect is modality‐specific, boosting visual memory only, or modality‐general, boosting also other forms of memory (e.g., auditory memory), is still open. These issues were addressed in the present study. Participants (N = … Show more
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