Inhibiting effects of recall.
Evidence is reviewed indicating that output interference&#x2014;the deleterious effects of recall of some information on information recalled later&#x2014;occurs both in primary and secondary memory. It appears that output interference provides at least a partial account for the disparity between information available in memory and its accessibility at recall. It is argued that consideration of output interference may provide a helpful perspective in resolving problems in the study of episodic and semantic memory, including the negative effects of part-list cueing and the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon.
Yale University, 06510, New Haven, Connecticut.
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