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SUBMITTER: Wright AA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4670779 | biostudies-literature | 2012 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wright Anthony A AA Katz Jeffrey S JS Ma Wei Ji WJ
Psychological science 20120405 5
Processes of proactive interference were explored using the pigeon as a model system of memory. This study shows that proactive interference extends back in time at least 16 trials (and as many minutes), revealing a continuum of interference and providing a framework for studying memory. Pigeons were tested in a delayed same/different task containing trial-unique pictures. On interference trials, sample pictures from previous trials reappeared as test pictures on different trials. Proactive-inte ...[more]