An Electrophysiological Test of Directed Forgetting: The Role of Retrieval Inhibition

• Published in: Journal of cognitive neuroscience Vol. 12; no. 6; pp. 924 - 940
• Main Authors: Ullsperger, Markus, Mecklinger, Axel, Müller, Ulrich
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: One Rogers Street, Cambridge, MA 02142-1209, USA MIT Press 01.11.2000; MIT Press Journals; MIT Press Journals, The
• Subjects: Adult; Analysis of Variance; Behavior - physiology; Brain; Brain Mapping; Electroencephalography; Evoked Potentials - physiology; Female; Humans; Localization of functions; Male; Memory; Memory - physiology; Memory, Short-Term - physiology; Models, Neurological; Parietal Lobe - physiology; Photic Stimulation; Physiological aspects; Reaction Time - physiology; Recall; Recognition (Memory); United States

A central issue in the research of directed forgetting is whether the differential memory performance for to-be-remembered (TBR) and to-be-forgotten (TBF) items is solely due to differential encoding or whether retrieval inhibition of TBF items plays an additional role. In this study, recognition-re...