Reassessing critiques of the independent probe method for studying inhibition

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1408-1418

  Huddleston, Ean ^a   Anderson, Michael C ^a  

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

Author keywords

Independent probe method; Inhibition; Interference; Memory retrieval; Retrieval induced forgetting

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; SEMANTICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBABILITY LEARNING; SEMANTICS; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); VOCABULARY;

EID: 84870338808     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027092     Document Type: Article

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