Running interference

Running interference

NA interference (RNAi) is an ancient mechanism for executing the epigenetic phenomenon called gene silencing. It has quickly become a standard way to figure out what a gene is doing, even though not much is known about how it works. When Thomas Tuschl and Phillip Zamore reported last year that, in vitro, RNAi involves cleavage into short pieces of both a double-stranded RNA and subsequently the...

Running head : JOINT INTERFERENCE IN NAMING 2

Running head : SPEECH COMPREHENSION AND INTERFERENCE

*Acknowledgments: This study was funded by a private investor based in London, who asked to remain anonymous, but there are no financial implications of the research. We respect his decision, but would like to express our profound gratitude. We also thank Mrs. Birch, Head Teacher of the Histon & Impington Junior School, her staff, the children and the parents who enthusiastically helped us to c...

Running head : JOINT INTERFERENCE IN NAMING

Retroactive Interference 1 Running Head: PROBABILISTIC RETROACTIVE INTERFERENCE Probabilistic Retroactive Interference: The Role of Accessibility Bias in Interference Effects

Probabilistic retroactive interference (RI) refers to the interfering effects of intermixing presentations of an earlier-studied response (A-B) with presentations of a competing response (A-D). As an example, for a 2/3 condition, a cue word was presented with its earlier-studied response twice and its competing response once during the interference phase. Performance on direct and indirect test...