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retroactive interference — retroactive inhibition or retroactive interference noun (psychology) The tendency for retention of learned material to be impaired by subsequent learning • • • Main Entry: ↑retroact … Useful english dictionary
Retroactive — means something happening after the fact. It may refer to:* Retroactive legislation or Ex post facto law * Retroactive continuity or Retcon , in fiction * Retroactive interference, in Interference theory * Retroactive clairvoyance or postdiction… … Wikipedia
Interference theory — Contents 1 History 2 Proactive Interference 2.1 Proactive Interference with Single and Multiple Lists 2.2 Proactive Interference and Context … Wikipedia
interférence — [ ɛ̃tɛrferɑ̃s ] n. f. • 1793; angl. interference → interférer 1 ♦ (1842) Phys. Phénomène résultant de la superposition de vibrations cohérentes de même nature et de même fréquence. Interférence des rayons lumineux, des ondes sonores. Franges,… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Interférence proactive — En psychologie, l’interférence proactive est l effet d un apprentissage antérieur sur l acquisition en mémoire d un nouveau stimulus présentant certaines similitudes. D abord étudié dans une perspective comportementaliste, ce concept a été repris … Wikipédia en Français
retroactive inhibition — the interference of new learning in the recall of earlier learning; cf. proactive i … Medical dictionary
Prefrontal cortex — Prefrontal redirects here. For the skull bone, see Prefrontal bone. For the reptile scales, see Prefrontal scale. Brain: Prefrontal cortex Brodmann areas of lateral surface. Per BrainInfo, parts of #8, #9, #10, #1 … Wikipedia
Memory errors — Memory gaps and errors refer to the incorrect recall, or complete loss, of information in the memory system for a specific detail and/or event. Memory errors may include remembering events that never occurred, or remembering them differently from … Wikipedia
Motivated forgetting — is a debated concept referring to a psychological defence mechanism in which people forget unwanted memories, either consciously or unconsciously.[1] There are times when memories are reminders of unpleasant experiences that make people angry,… … Wikipedia
Forgetting — (retention loss) refers to apparent loss of information already encoded and stored in an individual s long term memory. It is a spontaneous or gradual process in which old memories are unable to be recalled from memory storage. It is subject to… … Wikipedia
