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Retroactive and proactive inhibition (RI and PI) of backward (R-S) associations, following an A-B, A-C paradigm of learning, were investigated. Insuring equivalent availability of the recall items in the control condition, the A-items were overlearned. A backward RI effect was found over three R-S trials; PI was not.
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1. Data were collected at Cedar Crest College.
2. Dr. H. Gleitman provided valuable assistance on earlier versions of this manuscript.
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Lindauer, M.S. RI and PI after R-S recall of overlearned material. Psychon Sci 9, 341–342 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03327838
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