nd name recognition was found, even in participants who had left high school 34 years previously. After 48 years this declined to 80% for name recognition and 40% for face recognition. Free recall was considerably less accurate: 60% accurate after 15 years and only 30% accurate after 48 years.
Conclusions: The findings show that classmates are rarely forgotten once recognition cues have been given. Thus, Bahrick et al's aim to demonstrate that people have very long term memories was supported. The findings a
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