# Specialized recall procedures

## TL;DR

This paper reviews seven unique memory recall methods that challenge traditional theories and have led to new insights into human memory.

## Contribution

The paper introduces and reviews seven specialized recall procedures that deviate from standard methods in memory research.

## Key findings

- Each specialized recall procedure has produced key empirical findings that challenge existing theories.
- These procedures have led to significant theoretical advances in understanding human memory.
- The review highlights how these methods depart from traditional memory research paradigms.

## Abstract

Studies of memory search using the free recall paradigm have advanced our understanding of human memory for more than a century. Here, we review seven specialized recall procedures that depart from methodological orthodoxy: the inter-list repetition procedure, the list-before-last procedure, the recall-by-category procedure, the final-free recall procedure, the overt-rehearsal procedure, the externalized recall procedure, and the spatial-temporal recall procedure. Key empirical findings from each of these procedures have challenged existing theories and led to theoretical advances.