389
Views
6
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

Unblocking memory through directed forgetting

&
Pages 901-907 | Received 20 Sep 2011, Accepted 25 Jul 2012, Published online: 06 Sep 2012

REFERENCES

  • Anderson , M. C. 2005 . “ The role of inhibitory control in forgetting unwanted memories: A consideration of three methods ” . In Dynamic cognitive processes , Edited by: MacLeod , C. and Uttl , B. 159 – 190 . Tokyo , , Japan : Springer-Verlag .
  • Anderson , M. C. , Bjork , R. A. and Bjork , E. L. 1994 . Remembering can cause forgetting: Retrieval dynamics in long-term memory . Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition , 20 : 1063 – 1087 . doi: 10.1037/0278-7393.20.5.1063
  • Bjork , E. L. and Bjork , R. A. 1996 . Continuing influences of to-be-forgotten information . Consciousness and Cognition , 5 : 176 – 196 . doi: 10.1006/ccog.1996.0011
  • Bjork , R. A. 1989 . “ Retrieval inhibition as an adaptive mechanism in human memory ” . In Varieties of memory and consciousness: Essays in honour of Endel Tulving , Edited by: Roediger , III H. L. and Craik , F. I. M. 309 – 330 . Hillsdale , NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. .
  • Bjork , R. A. , LaBerge , D. and LeGrand , R. 1968 . The modification of short-term memory through instructions to forget . Psychonomic Science , 10 : 55 – 56 .
  • Kinoshita , S. and Towgood , K. 2001 . Effects of dividing attention on the memory-block effect . Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition , 27 : 889 – 895 . doi: 10.1037/0278-7393.27.3.889
  • Landau , J. D. and Leynes , P. A. 2006 . Do explicit memory manipulations affect the memory blocking effect? . American Journal of Psychology , 119 : 463 – 479 . doi: 10.2307/20445353
  • Leynes , P. A. , Rass , O. and Landau , J. D. 2008 . Eliminating the memory blocking effect . Memory , 16 : 852 – 872 . doi: 10.1080/09658210802348038
  • Logan , J. M. and Balota , D. A. 2003 . Conscious and unconscious lexical retrieval blocking in younger and older adults . Psychology and Aging , 18 : 537 – 550 . doi: 10.1037/0882-7974.18.3.537
  • MacLeod , C. M. 1998 . The item and list methods of directed forgetting: Test differences and the role of demand characteristics . Psychonomic Bulletin and Review , 6 : 123 – 129 . doi: 10.3758/BF03210819
  • Pastötter , B. and Bäuml , K.-H. 2007 . The crucial role of postcue encoding in directed forgetting and context-dependent forgetting . Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition , 33 : 977 – 982 . doi: 10.1037/0278-7393.33.5.977
  • Sahakyan , L. 2004 . Destructive effects of “forget” instructions . Psychonomic Bulletin and Review , 11 : 555 – 559 . doi: 10.3758/BF03196610
  • Sahakyan , L. and Delaney , P. F. 2005 . Directed forgetting in incidental learning and recognition testing: Support for a two-factor account . Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition , 31 : 789 – 801 . doi: 10.1037/0278-7393.31.4.789
  • Sahakyan , L. and Kelley , C. M. 2002 . A contextual change account of the directed forgetting effect . Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition , 28 : 1064 – 1072 . doi: 10.1037/0278-7393.28.6.1064
  • Schacter , D. L. 2001 . The seven sins of memory: How the mind forgets and remembers , Boston , MA : Houghton, Mifflin .
  • Smith , S. M. 1994 . “ Frustrated feelings of imminence: On the tip-of-the-tongue ” . In Metacognition: Knowing about knowing , Edited by: Metcalfe , J. and Shimamura , A. 27 – 45 . Cambridge , MA : MIT Press .
  • Smith , S. M. 2003 . “ The constraining effects of initial ideas ” . In Group creativity: Innovation through collaboration , Edited by: Paulus , P. and Nijstad , B. 15 – 31 . New York , NY : Oxford University Press .
  • Smith , S. M. and Tindell , D. R. 1997 . Memory blocks in word fragment completion caused by involuntary retrieval of orthographically related primes . Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition , 23 : 355 – 370 . doi: 10.1037/0278-7393.23.2.355
  • Storm , B. C. , Bjork , E. L. and Bjork , R. A. 2007 . When intended remembering leads to unintended forgetting . Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology , 60 : 909 – 915 . doi: 10.1080/17470210701288706
  • Storm , B. C. , & Levy , B. J. 2012 . A progress report of the inhibitory account of retrieval-induced forgetting . Memory and Cognition , 40 , 827 – 843 . doi: 10.3758/s13421-012-0211-7
  • Tindell , D. R. 1994 . Negative priming in word fragment completion: Implicit or explicit . Unpublished master's thesis, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX .

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.