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Twenty French-English and 16 Greek-English bilinguals were postcued to recall items from one or both of their languages. The usual phenomenon of superior recall of weak-language items was not observed. It was concluded that subjects give rehearsal priority to weak-language items when they are set to recall from both languages.
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McCormack, P.D., Brown, C. & Ginis, B. Free recall from mixed-language lists by Greek-English and French-English bilinguals. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 14, 447–448 (1979). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03329508
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