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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > retrograde facilitation effect

Preferred term

retrograde facilitation effect  

Definition

  • A memory phenomenon observed when the ability to remember events that occurred before the administration of certain substances (such as alcohol, benzodiazepines, glucose, and amphetamines) or before a period of sleep is enhanced

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Synonym(s)

  • retrograde enhancement effect

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Quevedo Pütter, J., & Erdfelder, E. (2022). Alcohol-induced retrograde facilitation? Experimental Psychology, 69(6), 335–350. https://doi.org/10.1027/1618-3169/a000569

    • Document type: empirical study

    , replication

    • Access: closed

    • Dataset reference: Quevedo Pütter, J., & Erdfelder, E. (2022). Alcohol-induced retrograde facilitation? Experimental Psychology, 69(6), 335–350. https://doi.org/10.1027/1618-3169/a000569
  • • Wixted, J. T. (2010). The role of retroactive inteference and consolidation in everyday forgetting. In S. Della Sala (Ed.), Forgetting (p. 285-312). Psychology Press.

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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