Semantic integration as a boundary condition on inhibitory processes in episodic retrieval

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 416-436

  Goodmon, Leilani B ^a   Anderson, Michael C ^b  

^a Virginia Peninsula   (United States)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forgetting; Inhibition; Integration; Interference; Retrieval induced forgetting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RECALL; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL PROCESSES; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952373208     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021963     Document Type: Article

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