The Motivational Dynamics of Retrieval-Induced Forgetting: A Test of Cognitive Energetics Theory

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1530-1541

  Pica, Gennaro ^a   Pierro, Antonio ^a   Bélanger, Jocelyn J ^b   Kruglanski, Arie W ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive resources; inhibition; motivation; need for cognitive closure; retrieval induced forgetting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; COGNITIVE RESOURCES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION; MALE; MEMORY; MOTIVATION; NEED FOR COGNITIVE CLOSURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RECALL; RETRIEVAL-INDUCED FORGETTING;

COGNITIVE RESOURCES; INHIBITION; MOTIVATION; NEED FOR COGNITIVE CLOSURE; RETRIEVAL-INDUCED FORGETTING;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 84885669355     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167213499237     Document Type: Article

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