Affective State Influences Retrieval-Induced Forgetting for Integrated Knowledge

Affective State Influences Retrieval-Induced Forgetting for Integrated Knowledge

BACKGROUND Selectively testing parts of learned materials can impair later memory for nontested materials. Research has shown that such retrieval-induced forgetting occurs for low-integrated materials but may be prevented for high-integrated materials. However, previous research has neglected one factor that is ubiquitous in real-life testing: affective state. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS W...

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Running head: Retrieval-induced forgetting