Retrieval-induced forgetting (RIF) is the finding of impaired memory performance for information stored in long-term memory due to retrieval of a related set of information. This phenomenon is often assigned to operations of a specialized mechanism recruited to resolve interference during retrieval by deactivating competing memory representations.…

Retrieving memories can impair recall of other related traces. Items affected by this retrieval-induced forgetting (RIF) are often less accessible when tested with independent probes, a characteristic known as cue independence. Cue independence has been interpreted as evidence for inhibitory mechanisms that suppress competing items during…

The present research represents a different form of attack on the list response and organization viewpoint. It approached the topic by means of a terminal 32-item free-recall (FR) list which contained either the eight first-list responses or the eight second-list responses. (Author)

Encoding processes were investigated using the release from proactive inhibition (PI) paradigm with word triades derived from the factorial Manipulation of evaluative connotation (E) and concreteness (C). (Editor)

Anderson & Green (2001) have recently shown that using an adaptation of the go-no go task, participants can voluntarily inhibit the retrieval of specific memories. We present three experiments in which we try to determine the degree of automaticity involved, and the role of the previous prime-target relation on the development of this inhibitory…

This experiment was designed to investigate retroactive inhibition in free recall of categorized work lists with categories defined as sets of rhymes. (Editor)

The conditions and characteristics of cumulative proactive inhibition were investigated in three experiments. Subjects went through 8 study-recall cycles, with the critical tests of retention occurring 48 hours after acquisition. Results of the experiments suggest that cumulative proactive inhibition builds up only when retention is measured by…

The present study was designed to investigate the PI buildup and release effect using a delayed recognition testing procedure, which by avoiding the use of lures from previous trials obviates the response competition component of interference. (Author)

The results of two experiments were generally in substantial agreement with the idea that part-list cues or context words exert their damaging effect by competing with target words at retrieval. (Editor)