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Effects of sample stimulus, delay, and correct response position from Trial N − 1 on performance during Trial N were examined for a two-choice delayed matching from sample task. The results seemed to demonstrate proactive interference with retention of sample stimuli on Trial N when that stimulus was different from Trial N − 1 as compared to when the stimulus was the same as on Trial N − 1. In addition, when stimuli were the same on Trial N − 1 and Trial N, and Trial N − 1 was incorrect, there was greater interference than if Trial N − 1 was correct. Evaluation of performance as a function of delays on Trial N − 1 and Trial N provided some support for D’Amato’s recent description of delayed matching from sample performance as a temporal discrimination process.
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Decker, L. H., & Allen, C. K. The intertrial interval and proactive inhibition in short-term memory. Paper presented at the meeting of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Albuquerque, N. M., May, 1969.
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This research was supported in part by U. S. P. H. S. Grant GM-16058 and in part by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research of the Office of Aerospace Research under Contract F44620-70-C-0017. Computing assistance was obtained from the Health Sciences Computing Facility, UCLA, sponsored by N. I. H. Grant RR-3.
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Moise, S.L. Proactive effects of stimuli, delays, and response position during delayed matching from sample. Animal Learning & Behavior 4, 37–40 (1976). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03211982
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