Abstract
Retrieving an item or set of items from memory can cause the forgetting of other related items in memory; a phenomenon known as retrieval-induced forgetting. According to the inhibitory account of retrieval-induced forgetting, in searching for a particular item, other items that are related but incorrect can vie for access. Inhibition functions to decrease the accessibility of such interfering items, thereby facilitating access to the target item. Experiments 1 and 2 replicated recent work suggesting that retrieval success is not a necessary condition for retrieval-induced forgetting to occur. Interfering items were forgotten even when retrieval practice was designed to be impossible. Experiments 3 and 4 employed the impossible retrieval practice procedure to examine the time-course of forgetting across a single retrieval practice trial. Results support the inhibitory account of retrieval-induced forgetting and offer insight into the dynamics of how and when inhibition plays a role in retrieval.
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