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The Self-Reference Effect

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The self-reference effect is the improved recall of information encoded in relation to oneself.

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Adjectives judged for whether they describe you are recalled better than adjectives judged for meaning alone.

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The effect is a special case of deep semantic processing, not a separate memory system.

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