The critical role of retrieval processes in release from proactive interference

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-53

  Bäuml, Karl Heinz T ^a   Kliegl, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Context change; Directed forgetting; Interference; Interpolated testing; Latency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867997275     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2012.07.006     Document Type: Article

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