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Preferred term

proactive interference  

Definition

  • The process by which older memories disrupt the retention of newer information.

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • proactive inhibition

Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Anderson, M. C., & Neely, J. H. (1996). Interference and inhibition in memory retrieval. In E. L. Bjork & R. A. Bjork (Eds.), Memory (p. 237‑313). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-012102570-0/50010-0

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Bergström, J. A. (1893). Experiments upon physiological memory by means of the interference of associations. The American Journal of Psychology, 5(3), 356–369. https://doi.org/10.2307/1410999

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

  • • Keppel, G., & Underwood, B. J. (1962). Proactive inhibition in short-term retention of single items. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1(3), 153‑161. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-5371(62)80023-1

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

  • • Kliegl, O., & Bäuml, K.-H. T. (2021). Buildup and release from proactive interference – Cognitive and neural mechanisms. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 120, 264–278. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.10.028

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • MacLeod, C. M. (2024). Interference theory: History and current status. In M. J. Kahana & A. D. Wagner (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of human memory: Foundations and applications (Vol. 2, pp. 1173–1208). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190917982.013.40

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Maslow, A. H. (1934). The effect of varying time intervals between acts of learning with a note on proactive inhibition. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 17(1), 141–144. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0069853

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

  • • Neath, I., & Surprenant, A. M. (2015). Proactive interference. In J. Wright (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (p. 1‑8). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.51054-X

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Underwood, B. J. (1957). Interference and forgetting. Psychological Review, 64(1), 49-60. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0044616

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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