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The study investigated the recovery from within list proactive inhibition while recalling a previously learned item. It is shown that while performing on this item in LTM recovery from proactive inhibition in STM occurred. The result indicates that STM and LTM refer to more than just a time dimension, thus confirming previous findings.
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1. This research was supported in part by Grant MH07346 from the National Institutes of Health and in part by an NSF Undergraduate summer research program No. NSF 6Y 113 in which the junior author was a participant.
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Scott, K.G., Whimbey, A.E. & Dunning, C. A functional differentiation of STM and LTM. Psychon Sci 7, 143–144 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03328506
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