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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > reverse interference effect

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reverse interference effect  

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  • Subjects memorize two lists of word pairs of the type (D-B, A-C) or (A-B, A-C). When asked to freely recall the responses to the second list (C words), the subjects have a better recall for the words in the condition (A-B, A-C) than in the condition (D-B, A-C).

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  • • Burns, D. J. (1989). Proactive interference: An individual-item versus relational processing account. Journal of Memory and Language, 28(3), 345-359. https://doi.org/10.1016/0749-596X(89)90038-7

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
  • • Thapar, A. (1996). Reverse-interference effect in free recall. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 22(2), 430-437. https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.22.2.430

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

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  • Frank Arnould

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