Can testing immunize memories against interference?

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1780-1785

  Potts, Rosalind ^a   Shanks, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interference; Memory; Reconsolidation; Retrieval; Testing effect

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; RECALL;

FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874717845     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028218     Document Type: Article

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