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Retrieval Induced Forgetting in Coherent Narrative Text.
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Diane Poulos 3 Retrieval Induced Forgetting in Coherent Narrative Text The definition of forgetting is to lose the memory of something from the mind. Two possible reasons one forgets are either the memory is not in the brain or it is there but just can not be found. Forgetting can be useful for allowing new memories of similar items to be remembered. This would be useful in a situation like trying to remember a new boy/girl friends name and forgetting the old ones. Yet it also works the other way around. Not being able to remember the new boy/girl friends name because the old on is stuck in your head. This would not be useful. Retrieval induced forgetting is a phenomenon which says that in addition to retrieving desired memories, the act of remembering information inhibits related memories. Many studies have been done looking at this phenomenon. Anderson,...
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