scholarly journals Determinants of Short-term Forgetting: Decay, Retroactive Interference, or Proactive Interference?

1999 ◽  
Vol 34 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 285-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgina Anne Tolan ◽  
Gerald Tehan
Keyword(s):  
Proactive Interference ◽  
Retroactive Interference ◽  
Short Term

Effects of Proactive Interference and Rehearsal on the Primary and Secondary Components of Short-Term Retention

1975 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. T. Turvey ◽  
Robert A. Weeks
Keyword(s):  
Proactive Interference ◽  
Primary Memory ◽  
The Other ◽  
Secondary Memory ◽  
Retention Function ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Retention Period ◽  
Term Retention ◽  
Proactive Effects

Under the conditions of the distractor paradigm, short-term retention declines to a minimum in a very brief period. The rapid forgetting can be said to reflect the declining contribution of the short-term store or primary memory and the asymptote can be taken as a measure of the contribution of the long-term store or secondary memory. It was shown that manipulating proactive effects by varying the recency of prior material affected only the primary memory component of the short-term retention function. On the other hand manipulating the difficulty of the subsidiary task performed during the retention period with proactive effects held constant affected both the primary and the secondary components. The results were discussed with respect to the relation between the two memory components and the idea that proactive effects are limited to long-term store.

scholarly journals Retroactive Interference in Short-term Memory

Nature ◽  
1964 ◽  
Vol 203 (4952) ◽  
pp. 1408-1408 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. C. A. DALE
Keyword(s):  
Retroactive Interference ◽  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Term Memory

Use of Distance and Location in Short-Term Motor Memory

1977 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 867-873 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph D. Hagman ◽  
Evelyn Williams
Keyword(s):  
Retroactive Interference ◽  
Motor Memory ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Linear Movement ◽  
Individual Distance ◽  
Rest Condition ◽  
Motor Movements ◽  
Significant Interference

A retroactive interference paradigm was used to determine whether kinesthetic distance, location, or distance and location cues are used at recall of a blind, simple linear movement. Students performed interpolated movements which varied distance and location cues separately or jointly. Relative to a rest condition, joint distance and location interpolation produced significant interference while no significant interference was found for interpolation of individual distance or location. The results were interpreted as supporting the involvement of multiple kinesthetic cues in the establishment of memorial representations of motor movements.

The Role of the Interpolated Task in Short-Term Retention

1966 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 266-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Conrad ◽  
A. J. Hull
Keyword(s):  
Proactive Interference ◽  
Long Term Memory ◽  
Interference Theory ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Term Memory ◽  
Term Retention ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
Single Set

It has been proposed that a single set of operations based on classical interference theory is adequate to describe the phenomena of both short- and long-term memory. An article by Keppel and Underwood (1962) argues that short-term forgetting is due to proactive interference and, by implication, not a result of trace decay. An experiment which varied retention interval and the nature of the interpolated task, gave results which indicate that when the amount forgotten and the nature of errors are considered, a decay model is supported, the proactive interference suggestion being untenable.

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