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Previous research on long-term memory has shown that the number of items retrieved is a power function of the number presented. An application of this power law to the prediction of anagram solution times as a function of word length was, in general, successful. It was also found that giving semantic cues decreased solution time more than did giving graphemic cues.
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Murray, D.J., Mastronardi, L.L. Anagram solution times, word length, and type of accessory clue. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 5, 119–121 (1975). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03333219
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