Retrieval-Induced Forgetting in a Category Recognition Task

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 286-291

  Spitzer, Bernhard ^a   Bäuml, Karl Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

category reduction; episodic memory; recognition; retrieval induced forgetting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RECOGNITION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); ROC CURVE; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58449113551     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014363     Document Type: Article

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