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On the sources of forgetting in working memory: The test of competing hypotheses.

Whether forgetting from working memory (WM) is only due to interference or is also caused by temporal decay is still a matter of debate. In the present study, this question was examined using complex span tasks in which each memory item was followed by a series of processing episodes, the duration a...

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Published in:Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Vol. 71; no. 8; pp. 1714 - 1734
Main Authors: Barrouillet, Pierre, Uittenhove, Kim, Lucidi, Annalisa, Langerock, Naomi
Format: Article
Published: Sage Publications Inc. Aug2018
Subjects:
Cognitive load
Memory
Short-term memory
Recollection (Psychology)
Computer multitasking
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost