Abel, Magdalena and Baeuml, Karl-Heinz T. (2019) List-method directed forgetting after prolonged retention interval: Further challenges to contemporary accounts. JOURNAL OF MEMORY AND LANGUAGE, 106. pp. 18-28. ISSN 0749-596X, 1096-0821
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Numerous studies on list-method directed forgetting (LMDF) have shown that people can voluntarily forget information when cued to do so. But the cognitive mechanism(s) behind this form of forgetting are still subject to debate. The present study focused on two explanations of LMDF: selective rehearsal and mental context change. Experiment 1 addressed the context-change account by comparing the persistence of LMDF with that of context-dependent forgetting. Results showed that LMDF, but not context-dependent forgetting, was lasting, which is inconsistent with the context-change account. Experiments 2 and 3 addressed the selective-rehearsal account by examining whether persistence of LMDF depends on the status of (intentionally vs. incidentally) encoded items and the type of distractor activity (demanding vs. undemanding) between study and test. Results showed that LMDF was lasting for both intentionally and incidentally studied items but was absent after an undemanding distractor task, which disagrees with the selective-rehearsal account. The present findings challenge both the context-change and the selective-rehearsal account as well as a dual-mechanisms view, which assumes a role of both types of mechanisms in LMDF.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | CONTEXT-CHANGE; RETRIEVAL; INHIBITION; MODEL; PART; List-method directed forgetting; Delay; Mental context change; Selective rehearsal |
| Subjects: | 100 Philosophy & psychology > 150 Psychology |
| Divisions: | Human Sciences > Institut für Psychologie Human Sciences > Institut für Psychologie > Lehrstuhl für Psychologie IV (Entwicklungs- und Kognitionspsychologie) - Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Bäuml |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Apr 2020 05:21 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Apr 2020 05:21 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/26971 |
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