On the durability of retrieval-induced forgetting

Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 617-629

  Storm, Benjamin C ^a   Bjork, Elizabeth Ligon ^b   Bjork, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Inhibition; Relearning; Retrieval induced forgetting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DYNAMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE; APTITUDE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; PREDICTION; RETRIEVAL INDUCED FORGETTING; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT;

EID: 84864033633     PISSN: 20445911     EISSN: 2044592X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20445911.2012.674030     Document Type: Article

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