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A Cognitive Paradigm to Investigate Interference in Working Memory by Distractions and Interruptions
Published on: July 16, 2015
Asymmetric interference in implicit memory: effects of study-test awareness and stimulus order
Maura Pilotti1, Martin Chodorow, Jocelyn Tan
1Dowling College, Department of Psychology, Oakdale, NY 11769-1999, USA. pilottim@dowling.edu
Abstract:
This study examined the extent to which fragment completion performance is susceptible to the effects of two different forms of interference (proactive and retroactive) and whether any of these effects depend on participants' awareness of the relationship between study and test. Unaware participants were found to be susceptible to proactive but not retroactive interference. Aware participants did not show evidence of susceptibility to either form of interference. These results contribute to the debate about whether implicit memory is immune to interference effects by demarcating the limits of such an immunity.
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