An investigation of response competition in retrieval-induced forgetting
It has been demonstrated that retrieval practice on a subset of studied items can cause forgetting of different related studied items. This retrieval-induced forgetting (the RIF effect) has been demonstrated in a variety of recall studies and has been attributed to an inhibitory mechanism activated...
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| description | It has been demonstrated that retrieval practice on a subset of studied items can cause forgetting of different related studied items. This retrieval-induced forgetting (the RIF effect) has been demonstrated in a variety of recall studies and has been attributed to an inhibitory mechanism activated during retrieval practice by competition for a shared retrieval cue. The current study generalizes the RIF effect to recognition memory and investigates this competition assumption. Experiment 1 demonstrated an effect of RIF effect in item recognition with incidental encoding of category-exemplar association during the study phase. Experiment 2 demonstrated evidence of RIF with use of an independent retrieval cue during retrieval practice. Results from this study indicate that response competition may occur outside of the retrieval-practice phase, or may not be limited to situations where there is an overt link to a shared category cue. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6b02eaa5c87c40af8ec4f17a941902722022-12-21T18:54:58ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Psychology2331-19082015-12-012110.1080/23311908.2015.10078151007815An investigation of response competition in retrieval-induced forgettingGina A. Glanc0Texas A&M University Corpus ChristiIt has been demonstrated that retrieval practice on a subset of studied items can cause forgetting of different related studied items. This retrieval-induced forgetting (the RIF effect) has been demonstrated in a variety of recall studies and has been attributed to an inhibitory mechanism activated during retrieval practice by competition for a shared retrieval cue. The current study generalizes the RIF effect to recognition memory and investigates this competition assumption. Experiment 1 demonstrated an effect of RIF effect in item recognition with incidental encoding of category-exemplar association during the study phase. Experiment 2 demonstrated evidence of RIF with use of an independent retrieval cue during retrieval practice. Results from this study indicate that response competition may occur outside of the retrieval-practice phase, or may not be limited to situations where there is an overt link to a shared category cue.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311908.2015.1007815recognition memoryretrieval-induced forgettingresponse competitionindependent cuesmemory inhibitiontransfer appropriate processing |
| spellingShingle | Gina A. Glanc An investigation of response competition in retrieval-induced forgetting Cogent Psychology recognition memory retrieval-induced forgetting response competition independent cues memory inhibition transfer appropriate processing |
| title | An investigation of response competition in retrieval-induced forgetting |
| title_full | An investigation of response competition in retrieval-induced forgetting |
| title_fullStr | An investigation of response competition in retrieval-induced forgetting |
| title_full_unstemmed | An investigation of response competition in retrieval-induced forgetting |
| title_short | An investigation of response competition in retrieval-induced forgetting |
| title_sort | investigation of response competition in retrieval induced forgetting |
| topic | recognition memory retrieval-induced forgetting response competition independent cues memory inhibition transfer appropriate processing |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311908.2015.1007815 |
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