Proactive interference and its release in short-term memory of mildly retarded adolescents.
Release from proactive interference in mildly retarded adolescents due to taxonomic shifts and rest periods prior to the final, critical-word triad was investigated. Interference accumulated rapidly across the first three trials; a shift in triad's taxonomic class on the final trial produced a substantial release (72 percent) from proactive interference. Although proactive interference dissipated when the interval between Trials 3 and 4 was increased to 120 seconds, the extent of recovery from proactive interference for the rest period plus taxonomic shift was no greater than a taxonomic shift alone. Results indicated that taxonomic category is a salient encoding dimension for retarded adolescents.
D000293:Adolescent; D001244:Association; D001288:Attention; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007266:Inhibition, Psychological; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology*; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D008570:Memory, Short-Term; D011334:Proactive Inhibition; D012146:Rest; D013997:Time Factors