Retrieval Interference Effects: The Role of Discrete Versus Continuous Concurrent Tasks

Triple differential cross sections (TDCS) are presented for the electron and positron impact ionization of inert gas atoms in a range of energy sharing geometries where a number of significant few body effects compete to define the shape of the TDCS. Using both positrons and electrons as projectiles has opened up the possibility of performing complementary studies which could effectively isolate competing interactions that cannot be separately detected in an experiment with a single projectile. Results will be presented in kinematics where the electron impact ionization appears to be well understood and using the same kinematics positron cross sections will be presented. The kinematics are then varied in order to focus on the role of distortion, post collision interaction (pci), and interference effects.

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Role of current oscillations in ac-dc interference effects inNbSe3

Physical Review B ◽

10.1103/physrevb.30.2279 ◽

1984 ◽

Vol 30 (4) ◽

pp. 2279-2281 ◽

Cited By ~ 38

Author(s):

R. P. Hall ◽

A. Zettl

Keyword(s):

Interference Effects ◽

Current Oscillations

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Competitive Interference Effects in Consumer Memory for Advertising: The Role of Brand Familiarity

Journal of Marketing ◽

10.2307/1252313 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 58 (3) ◽

pp. 97 ◽

Cited By ~ 213

Author(s):

Robert J. Kent ◽

Chris T. Allen

Keyword(s):

Interference Effects ◽

Brand Familiarity ◽

Competitive Interference ◽

Consumer Memory

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Post-retrieval Distortions of Self-Referential Negative Memory: Valence Consistency Enhances Gist-Directed False, While Non-negative Interference Generates More Intrusive Updates

Frontiers in Psychology ◽

10.3389/fpsyg.2021.668737 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

Author(s):

Dong-Ni Pan ◽

Xuebing Li

Keyword(s):

Neural Mechanism ◽

Emotional Valence ◽

Interference Effects ◽

Episodic Simulation ◽

New Learning ◽

Behavioral Paradigm ◽

Negative Memory ◽

Retrieval Interference ◽

Functional Mechanisms ◽

Negative Memories

According to the theory of reconsolidation, the contents of an original memory can be updated after reactivation with subsequent new learnings. However, there seems to be a lack of an appropriate behavioral paradigm to study the reconsolidation of explicit self-related memory, which is of great significance to further explore its cognitive neural mechanism in the future. In two separate experiments, we adapted a trial-by-trial interfering paradigm with a self-episodic simulation process and investigated (1) whether it is possible to reconsolidate negative memories under the new behavioral paradigm and (2) how the emotional valence of post-retrieval interference material affects the reconsolidation of negative memories. The results showed that the negative memories under trial-by-trial self-simulation can be degraded and updated via post-retrieval interference processes. Individuals whose original memories were reactivated by initial background cues and who were then presented with new interference situations were less able to recall original scenes and showed more memory intrusions on these scenes than those who had experienced new learning without reactivation or only reactivation without interference. Furthermore, the extent and manner of memory change/updating were greatly influenced by the characteristics of interference information. For memories with negative valences, new learning materials with the same valence produced superior interference effects in the form of lower correct recalls and more integrated false; whereas the neutral interference materials can cause more memory intrusion. Post-retrieval memory distortions of negative self-memory may underlie different functional mechanisms.

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Prospective duration judgments: The role of temporality and executive demands of concurrent tasks

Acta Psychologica ◽

10.1016/j.actpsy.2013.10.005 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 147 ◽

pp. 34-41 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Halil Duzcu ◽

Annette Hohenberger

Keyword(s):

Concurrent Tasks

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No lexical competition without priming: Evidence from the picture–word interference paradigm

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology ◽

10.1177/1747021817747266 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 71 (12) ◽

pp. 2562-2570 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Hanna S Gauvin ◽

Magdalena K Jonen ◽

Jessica Choi ◽

Katie McMahon ◽

Greig I de Zubicaray

Keyword(s):

Interference Effect ◽

Picture Naming ◽

Interference Effects ◽

Lexical Competition ◽

Semantic Interference ◽

The Past ◽

Task Parameters ◽

Naming Latencies ◽

And Task

Over the past 40 years, researchers have assumed that semantic interference effects in picture naming reflect competition among lexical candidates during retrieval. In this study, we examined the role of the familiarisation phase in which participants are shown the target pictures and required to rehearse the appropriate names before the picture–word interference (PWI) paradigm is performed. A previous study reported that omitting the familiarisation phase reversed the polarity of the semantic effect to facilitation. In two experiments using between- and within-participants design, respectively, we compared PWI performance with and without familiarisation while using matched stimuli and task parameters. Overall, the results showed the typical semantic interference effect following familiarisation. However, in both experiments, naming latencies did not differ significantly between related and unrelated distractors when familiarisation was omitted. The current findings suggest that familiarisation plays an important role in determining semantic interference in PWI, most likely via raising lexical competitor activation by priming links between targets and related concepts. We also discuss broader implications of our findings with respect to the replicability of reported semantic facilitation effects in PWI.

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