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Generation effect
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<p>The generation effect is a phenomenon whereby <a href="/facts/Information/3LdrzXtJ">information</a> is better <a href="/facts/Memory/a1QSEJhj">remembered</a> if it is generated from one's own mind rather than simply <a href="/facts/Reading_(process)/HUEBU26z">read</a>. Researchers have struggled to fully explain why generated information is better recalled than read information, as no single explanation has been comprehensive. </p>