The roles of delay and retroactive interference in retrieval-induced forgetting

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 141-150

  Abel, Magdalena ^a   Bäuml, Karl Heinz T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Delay induced forgetting; Retrieval practice; Retrieval induced forgetting; Retroactive interference; Testing effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; HUMAN; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893594787     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: 15325946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-013-0347-0     Document Type: Article

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