Does an instruction to forget enhance memory for other presented items?

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1186-1197

  Taylor, Tracy L ^a   Fawcett, Jonathan M ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention; Attention withdrawal; Cognition; Human memory; Inhibition of return; Intentional forgetting; Item method; Remembering

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; RECOGNITION; STIMULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD RECOGNITION;

ATTENTION; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84865376346     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2012.05.002     Document Type: Article

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