A Neural Network Model of Retrieval-Induced Forgetting

Psychological Review

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 887-953

  Norman, Kenneth A ^a   Newman, Ehren L ^a   Detre, Greg ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

episodic memory; inhibition; neural network model; retrieval induced forgetting; sematic memory

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SEMANTICS;

HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; MEMORY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); SEMANTICS;

EID: 36048991488     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.114.4.887     Document Type: Article

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