The List-Strength Effect in Recall: Relative-Strength Competition and Retrieval Inhibition May Both Contribute to Forgetting

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 205-220

  Verde, Michael F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cued recall; forgetting; list strength; retrieval inhibition; retrieval induced forgetting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REACTION TIME; RECALL;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LANGUAGE; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 58449087285     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014275     Document Type: Article

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