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The Cognitive Process Behind “Retrieval-Induced Forgetting”
February 26, 2012 by NewsBot
Researchers at the universities of Granada and Jaen, Spain, have discovered why recalling some items from memory reduces our ability to recall other related items. In the field of Psychology, this phenomenon is known as "Retrieval-Induced Forgetting" (RIF), and researchers have determined the cognitive process that causes this phenomenon and its duration...