When Learning Disturbs Memory - Temporal Profile of Retroactive Interference of Learning on Memory Formation.

ABSTRACT: Introduction: Consolidation is defined as the time necessary for memory stabilization after learning. In the present study we focused on effects of interference during the first 12 consolidation minutes after learning. Participants had to learn a set of German - Japanese word pairs in an initial learning task and a different set of German - Japanese word pairs in a subsequent interference task. The interference task started in different experimental conditions at different time points (0, 3, 6, and 9 min) after the learning task and was followed by subsequent cued recall tests. In a control experiment the interference periods were replaced by rest periods without any interference. Results: The interference task decreased memory performance by up to 20%, with negative effects at all interfe

SUBMITTER: Sosic-Vasic Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5820352 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature