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isolation experiment

isolation experiment An isolation experiment is a study condition in which the target items are presented alone rather than embedded in a larger context such as a sentence.

An isolation experiment is a study condition in which the target items are presented alone rather than embedded in a larger context such as a sentence. In the source study, written items were shown in isolation so their learning could be compared with learning when the same kinds of items appeared within sentences.