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In an A-B, A-C paradigm for investigating retroactive inhibition (RI), two sets of contextual stimuli (colored shapes) surrounded each list. During recall, RI groups were given either the context present during interpolated learning (IL) or the context present during original learning (OL). Through two recall trials but not through relearning (RL), the presence of the OL context reduced RI, while the presence of the IL context increased RI.
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1. The data were collected at Cedar Crest College, in fulfillment of the senior author’s Independent Study requirement.
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Gottlieb, W., Lindauer, M.S. The effect of contextual stimuli on retroactive inhibition. Psychon Sci 9, 331–332 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03327831
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