Kail (2002)

Developmental Change in Proactive Interference

Child Development, 73(6), 1703-1714

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Abstract The aim of the present research was to examine age–related change in proactive interference, which refers to impaired recall due to interference from material presented previously. Study 1 was a meta–analysis based on 26 studies that included 82 data sets. The results indicated that proactive interference decreased between 4 and 13 years of age. In Study 2, children from grades 3 through 6 and college students (N= 125) were administered a short–term memory task in which they briefly remembered sets of three words. For all ages, recall was accurate on Trial 1. However, recall became less accurate over Trials 2 through 4, particularly for the younger children in the sample. In addition, structural equation modeling revealed that age–related change in interference was linked to age–related change in speed of information processing. Results are discussed in terms of the nature of age–related change in interference.

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Kail, R. (2002). Developmental Change in Proactive Interference. Child Development, 73(6), 1703-1714. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8624.00500

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Proactive interference is measured with a standard paradigm and pooled: a meta-analysis of 26 studies (82 data sets) found it shrinks between ages 4 and 13, and in 125 children and college students recall of three-word sets was accurate on trial 1 but fell over trials 2 to 4