The role of item strength in retrieval-induced forgetting.

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In 3 experiments, the role of item strength in the retrieval-induced forgetting paradigm was tested. According to the inhibition theory of forgetting proposed by M. C. Anderson, R. A. Bjork, and E. L. Bjork (1994), retrieval-induced forgetting should be larger for items that are more strongly associated with the category cue. In the present experiments, the authors varied item strength on the study list by manipulating the position of an item within its category (Experiments 1 and 2) and by the number of presentations in the study phase (Experiment 3). Contrary to the predictions from inhibition theory, in all 3 experiments, stronger items did not show more retrieval-induced forgetting than weaker items. Copyright 2009 APA, all rights reserved.

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Author/s: Jakab, Emoke (E); Raaijmakers, Jeroen G W (JG);

Affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Journal of experimental psychology. Learning, memory, and cognition (J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-May; vol 35 (issue 3) : pp 607-17

Dates: Created 2009/04/21; Completed 2009/06/26;

PMID: 19379039, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 6/26/2009, IMS Date: 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00)

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