Journal article
Retrieval Inhibition in Directed Forgetting Following Severe Closed-Head Injury
Neuropsychology, Vol.18(1), pp.104-114
01/2004
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/109688
PMID: 14744193
Abstract
A variant of the list method directed forgetting procedure was used to examine the role of inhibition in memory performance following severe closed-head injury (CHI). Twenty-four participants with severe CHI and 24 controls studied picture and word stimuli in both forget and remember conditions. Memory testing for the to-be-forgotten and to-be-remembered items consisted of a free-recall test followed by a source-monitoring task. Despite poorer recall performance, the participants with CHI exhibited a directed forgetting effect similar to that in controls. Item recognition scores indicated that the inhibited items were not forgotten but rather were items whose accessibility had been lowered. These findings suggest that residual memory deficits in patients with severe CHI are unlikely to reflect inefficient retrieval inhibition.
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- Title
- Retrieval Inhibition in Directed Forgetting Following Severe Closed-Head Injury
- Creators
- Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe - Department of Psychology, Washington State UniversityWilliam Marks - Department of Psychology, The University of MemphisMatthew J Wright - Department of Psychology, Washington State UniversityMatthew Ventura - Department of Psychology, The University of Memphis
- Publication Details
- Neuropsychology, Vol.18(1), pp.104-114
- Academic Unit
- Psychology, Department of
- Publisher
- American Psychological Association
- Identifiers
- 99900547257501842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article