Inhibitory control in memory: Evidence for negative priming in free recall

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1377-1388

  Marsh, John E ^a   Philip Beaman, C ^b   Hughes, Robert W ^a,c   Jones, Dylan M ^a,d  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Distraction; Free recall; Inhibition; Memory; Negative priming; Retrieval; Semantic relatedness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COGNITION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; READING; RECALL; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ATTENTION; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; READING; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84872683971     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027849     Document Type: Article

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