Semantic Integration as a Boundary Condition on Inhibitory Processes in Episodic Retrieval
Semantic Integration as a Boundary Condition on Inhibitory Processes in Episodic Retrieval
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DOI:
10.1037/a0021963
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发表时间:
2011-03-01
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2.6
通讯作者:
Anderson, Michael C.
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Goodmon, Leilani B.;Anderson, Michael C.
Recalling an experience often impairs the later retention of related traces, a phenomenon known as retrieval-induced forgetting (RIF). Research has shown that episodic associations protect competing memories from RIF (Anderson & McCulloch. 1999). We report 4 experiments that examined whether semantic associations also protect against RIP. In all experiments. robust RIP occurred when there were few associations between practiced and nonpracticed sets, but RIF was abolished when there were many. The benefits of semantic integration were independent of episodic integration strategies and were not mediated by intentional use of the associations. Rather, these results establish a new boundary condition on RIP-semantic integration-that has a potent impact on the magnitude of RIF and may explain variability in the RIP phenomenon.