A strategy disruption component to retrieval-induced forgetting

Retrieval-induced forgetting refers to a paradoxical occurrence wherein the act of remembering some material disrupts the retrieval of other, related material (see, e.g., M. C. Anderson, R. A. Bjork, & E. L. Bjork, 1994). This effect is generally accounted for in terms of inhibitory processes. A...

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Published in:Memory & cognition 2006, Vol.34 (1), p.102-111
Main Authors: DODD, Michael D, CASTEL, Alan D, ROBERTS, Karen E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attention
Biological and medical sciences
Concept Formation
Experimental psychology
Fruits
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Human
Humans
Imagination
Inhibition (Psychology)
Learning. Memory
Memory
Memory, Short-Term
Mental Recall
Orientation
Practice (Psychology)
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Recall
Serial Learning
Verbal Learning
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Summary:Retrieval-induced forgetting refers to a paradoxical occurrence wherein the act of remembering some material disrupts the retrieval of other, related material (see, e.g., M. C. Anderson, R. A. Bjork, & E. L. Bjork, 1994). This effect is generally accounted for in terms of inhibitory processes. Across three experiments, we test the inhibitory account of retrieval-induced forgetting, as well as whether there may be a strategy disruption component to the effect. In our first two experiments, we manipulate which items individuals are cued to recall during retrieval practice and demonstrate that retrieval-induced forgetting can be neutralized when those items do not interfere with the individual's retrieval strategy. In the third experiment, we confirm this finding with a different set of stimuli. These results are inconsistent with a purely inhibitory account of retrieval-induced forgetting, and we discuss implications for inhibition theory and strategy disruption in light of these and other findings.
ISSN:0090-502X
1532-5946
DOI:10.3758/BF03193390