The Cognitive Psychology of Memory: Why We Forget Studied Material but Remember Songs
Theories of Forgetting
Interference in Action
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This simulation lets you see interference in action. You can adjust the sizes of two word lists. When you increase the second list, recall of the first list drops due to retroactive interference. When you increase the first list, recall of the second list drops due to proactive interference. Watch how the recall percentages change.
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Interactive simulation to explore proactive and retroactive interference.
