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Mercer, TomIssue Date
2018-06-15
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Retroactive interference occurs when new information disrupts the retention of an existing representation, but its effects on visual short-term memory remain poorly understood. The present study examined three factors predicted to influence domain-specific retroactive interference, including the type of distractor, its temporal position and the length of the retention interval. Participants compared target and test objects over a brief interval that either was unfilled or contained a similar or dissimilar distractor occurring 200 ms or 1.5 s after the target offset. Retention was influenced by the temporal position of the distractor and its relationship with the to-be-remembered target. Specifically, retroactive interference was only observed following the presentation of a dissimilar distractor that occurred 1.5 s after the target. These results suggest that novel distractors may be particularly interfering.Citation
Mercer, T. (2018). Retroactive Interference in Visual Short-Term Memory. Experimental Psychology, 65 (3), pp 139–148. 10.1027/1618-3169/a000401Publisher
HogrefeJournal
Experimental PsychologyAdditional Links
https://econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/abs/10.1027/1618-3169/a000401Type
Journal articleLanguage
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This article does not exactly replicate the final version published in the journal "Experimental Psychology". It is not a copy of the original published article and is not suitable for citation.ISSN
1618-3169ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1027/1618-3169/a000401
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