The benefit of forgetting in thinking and remembering

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 291-295

  Storm, Benjamin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

forgetting; inhibition; interference; memory; retrieval

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053606341     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721411418469     Document Type: Article

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