Concept information
Preferred term
retroactive interference
Definition
- The process by which the learning of new information leads to the forgetting of previously acquired information.
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Synonym(s)
- retroactive inhibition
Belongs to group
Bibliographic citation(s)
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• 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
{{#each properties}}• Document type: literature review
• Access: closed
- • Craig, M., Dewar, M., & Sala, S. D. (2015). Retroactive interference. In J. D. Wright (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (Second Edition) (p. 613-620). Elsevier.
• 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
- • McGeoch, J. A. (1932). Forgetting and the law of disuse. Psychological Review, 39(4), 352–370. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0069819
• Document type: literature review
• Access: closed
- • Melton, A. W., & Irwin, J. M. (1940). The influence of degree of interpolated learning on retroactive inhibition and the overt transfer of specific responses. The American Journal of Psychology, 53(2), 173-203. https://doi.org/10.2307/1417415
• Document type: empirical study
• Access: closed
Creator
- Frank Arnould
Has study method(s)
In other languages
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French
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inhibition rétroactive
URI
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