According to the inhibition theory of forgetting (Anderson, Journal of Memory and Language
49: 415–445, 2003; Anderson, Bjork, & Bjork, Psychonomic Bulletin & Review 7: 522-530 …

Three studies with 148 university students show that the retrieval process itself causes long-
lasting forgetting. Ss studied 8 categories (eg, Fruit). Half the members of half the categories …

Recalling an experience often impairs the later retention of related traces, a phenomenon
known as retrieval-induced forgetting (RIF). Research has shown that episodic associations …

Several recent studies suggest that an initial retrieval attempt imbues retrieved memories
with special resilience against future interference and other forgetting mechanisms. Here we …

It has recently been suggested (Anderson, 2003) that forgetting is an adaptive process
arising from successful inhibition of unwanted items, rather than arising from a failure of the …

Retrieving information from long-term memory can lead people to forget previously irrelevant
related information. Some researchers have proposed that this retrieval-induced forgetting …

Retrieving a subset of learned items can lead to the forgetting of related items. Such retrieval-
induced forgetting (RIF) can be explained by the inhibition of irrelevant items in order to …

Recent research has demonstrated that the act of remembering can prompt temporary
forgetting or, more specifically, the inhibition of particular items in memory. Extending work of …

Selective retrieval practice of category exemplars often impairs the recall of related items, a
phenomenon known as retrieval-induced forgetting (RIF). In Experiment 1 the role of item …

Using the retrieval-practice paradigm (Anderson, RA Bjork, & EL Bjork, 1994), we tested
whether or not retrieval-induced forgetting could be found in item recognition tests. In …