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Elimination of collaborative inhibition effect using the Method of Loci
Magda Saraiva1, Pedro B Albuquerque, Joana Arantes
1University of Minho.
Background:
The disruption of retrieval strategies hypothesis (Basden, Basden, Bryner, & Thomas, 1997) has been identified as the main reason for the occurrence of the collaborative inhibition effect. This study aims to test this hypothesis applying the same retrieval strategy to all participants.
Method:
To accomplish this, we compared nominal and collaborative (pairs) performance in a serial recall task in two conditions: use of own strategy vs. use of the method of loci, in a classic experimental paradigm of collaborative memory.
Results:
Results revealed that endowing participants with the same strategy of coding and retrieval of information eliminates the collaborative inhibition effect.
Conclusions:
This result provides evidence for the hypothesis of the retrieval strategies disruption. The method of loci proved to be an effective mnemonic by increasing the amount of recalled information, both in the nominal and collaborative recall, when the information has to be recalled in the order that was presented.
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