Individual Differences in Working Memory Capacity Predict Retrieval-Induced Forgetting

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 264-269

  Aslan, Alp ^a   Bäuml, Karl Heinz T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Episodic memory; Individual differences; Inhibition; Retrieval induced forgetting; Working memory capacity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECALL; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEMANTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251506316     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021324     Document Type: Article

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