Is Forgetting Caused by Inhibition?

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 205-209

  Raaijmakers, Jeroen G W ^a   Jakab, Emóke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

forgetting; inhibition; interference

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878747994     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721412473472     Document Type: Article

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