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Underwood (1957)
Interference and forgetting.
Psychological Review, 64(1), 49-60
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Underwood, B. J. (1957). Interference and forgetting. Psychological Review, 64(1), 49-60. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0044616
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Retrieval Interference Memory Processes
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Definition
Interference theory separates proactive interference, where earlier learning impairs memory for later material, from retroactive interference, where later learning impairs memory for earlier material, and treats competition from other stored material, rather than passive decay, as a main cause of forgetting in laboratory list learning