Successful inhibition, unsuccessful retrieval: Manipulating time and success during retrieval practice

@article{Storm2010SuccessfulIU,
  title={Successful inhibition, unsuccessful retrieval: Manipulating time and success during retrieval practice},
  author={Benjamin C Storm and John F. Nestojko},
  journal={Memory},
  year={2010},
  volume={18},
  pages={114 - 99}
}
Retrieving an item or set of items from memory can cause the forgetting of other related items in memory; a phenomenon known as retrieval-induced forgetting. According to the inhibitory account of retrieval-induced forgetting, in searching for a particular item, other items that are related but incorrect can vie for access. Inhibition functions to decrease the accessibility of such interfering items, thereby facilitating access to the target item. Experiments 1 and 2 replicated recent work… 
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