People are often confronted with reminders of things they would prefer not to think about.
When this happens, they often attempt to put the unwanted memories out of awareness …

Retrieving a subset of items can cause the forgetting of other items, a phenomenon referred
to as retrieval-induced forgetting. According to some theorists, retrieval-induced forgetting is …

Interference provides an account of one of the most basic problems in the science of
memory: forgetting. Historically, theories of this process were shaped by models of …

Previous work has shown that recalling information from long-term memory can impair the
long-term retention of related representations—a phenomenon known as retrieval-induced …

Retrieval-induced forgetting (RIF) refers to the finding that retrieving a memory can impair
subsequent recall of related memories. Here, the authors present a new model of how the …

The mnemic neglect model predicts and accounts for selective memory for social feedback
as a function of various feedback properties. At the heart of the model is the mnemic neglect …

The ability to control both what we remember and what is forgotten can enhance memory.
The present study used an item-method directed forgetting paradigm to investigate whether …

Selective retrieval of a specific target memory often leads to the forgetting of related but
irrelevant memories. Current cognitive theory states that such retrieval-induced forgetting …

Recalling a past experience often requires the suppression of related memories that
compete with the retrieval target, causing memory impairment known as retrieval-induced …

The standard textbook account of interference and forgetting is based on the assumption
that retrieval of a memory trace is affected by competition by other memory traces. In recent …