Memorable objects are more susceptible to forgetting: Evidence for the inhibitory account of retrieval-induced forgetting.
Acta Psychol (Amst)
; 181: 51-61, 2017 Nov.
Article
in En
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| ID: mdl-29049936
ABSTRACT
Retrieval of target information can cause forgetting for related, but non-retrieved, information - retrieval-induced forgetting (RIF). The aim of the current studies was to examine a key prediction of the inhibitory account of RIF - interference dependence - whereby 'strong' non-retrieved items are more likely to interfere during retrieval and therefore, are more susceptible to RIF. Using visual objects allowed us to examine and contrast one index of item strength -object typicality, that is, how typical of its category an object is. Experiment 1 provided proof of concept for our variant of the recognition practice paradigm. Experiment 2 tested the prediction of the inhibitory account that the magnitude of RIF for natural visual objects would be dependent on item strength. Non-typical objects were more memorable overall than typical objects. We found that object memorability (as determined by typicality) influenced RIF with significant forgetting occurring for the memorable (non-typical), but not non-memorable (typical), objects. The current findings strongly support an inhibitory account of retrieval-induced forgetting.
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01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Mental Recall
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Inhibition, Psychological
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Acta Psychol (Amst)
Year:
2017
Document type:
Article