Editing Recall (memory) (section)

===Motivation===
Motivation is a factor that encourages a person to perform and succeed at the task at hand. In an experiment done by Roebers, Moga and Schneider (2001), participants were placed in either forced report, free report or free report plus incentive groups. In each group, they found that the amount of correct information recalled did not differ, yet in the group where participants were given an incentive they had higher accuracy results.<ref name="Roebers">{{cite journal | last1 = Roebers | first1 = C.M. | last2 = Moga | first2 = N. | last3 = Schneider | first3 = W. | year = 2001 | title = The Role of Accuracy Motivation on Children's and Adults' Event Recall | journal = Journal of Experimental Child Psychology | volume = 78 | issue = 4| pages = 313–329 | doi=10.1006/jecp.2000.2577| pmid = 11243692 }}</ref> This means that presenting participants with an encouragement to provide correct information motivates them to be more precise. However, this is only true if the perception is that success is providing correct information. When it is believed that success is the completion of the task rather than the accuracy of that completion, the number of responses is higher, yet its accuracy is lowered. This shows that the results are dependent on how success is defined to the participant. In the referred experiment, the participants that were placed in the forced response group had the lowest overall accuracy; they had no motivation to provide accurate responses and were forced to respond even when they were unsure of the answer. Another study done by Hill RD, Storandt M, and Simeone C<ref>'The effects of memory skills training and incentives on free recall in older learners' by Hill RD, Storandt M, Simeone C, U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health, 1990 Nov</ref> tested the impact of memory skills training and external reward on free recall of serial word lists. Effects similar to those reported in the previous study were seen in children—in contrast to older learners.<ref>'Incentive level influence on overt rehearsal and free recall as a function of age', Anthony J Cuvo, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, Volume 18, Issue 1</ref>