Anderson (1974)

Retrieval of propositional information from long-term memory

Cognitive Psychology, 6(4), 451-474

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Anderson, J. R. (1974). Retrieval of propositional information from long-term memory. Cognitive Psychology, 6(4), 451–474. https://doi.org/10.1016/0010-0285(74)90021-8

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Retrieval Interference Memory Processes

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The fan effect: the more separate facts people have learned about one concept (for example, several locations for the same person), the slower and less accurately they retrieve any single one of those facts, because the facts compete for the same retrieval cue