No Retrieval-Induced Forgetting Using Item-Specific Independent Cues: Evidence Against a General Inhibitory Account

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 950-958

  Camp, Gino ^a   Pecher, Diane ^a   Schmidt, Henk G ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

independent cues; inhibition; interference; memory retrieval; retrieval induced forgetting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; RECALL; SEMANTICS;

ATTENTION; CUES; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MENTAL RECALL; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS;

EID: 34548819890     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.33.5.950     Document Type: Article

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