Directed forgetting of related words: Evidence for the inefficient inhibition hypothesis

Journal of General Psychology

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 380-398

  Lehman, Elyse Brauch ^a   Srokowski, Sally A ^a   Hall, Laura C ^a   Renkey, Mary E ^a   Cruz, Carmen A ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Children; Directed forgetting; Encoding; Inhibition; Semantic memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345356550     PISSN: 00221309     EISSN: 19400888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221300309601165     Document Type: Article

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