The critical importance of timing of retrieval practice for the fate of nonretrieved memories

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-540850
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.54085

Kriechbaum, Verena M. ; Bäuml, Karl-Heinz T.

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Abstract

Retrieval practice performed shortly upon the encoding of information benefits recall of the retrieved information but causes forgetting of nonretrieved information. Here, we show that the forgetting effect on the nonretrieved information can quickly evolve into recall enhancement when retrieval practice is delayed. During a time window of twenty minutes upon the encoding of information, the ...