1709 2007 eng 72 78 1 18 article 0 -- 2021-06-28 -- Selectively retrieving a subset of previously studied material can cause forgetting of the unpracticed material. Such retrieval-induced forgetting is attributed to an inhibitory mechanism recruited to resolve interference among competing items. According to the inhibition-deficit hypothesis, older people experience a specific decline in inhibitory function and thus should show reduced retrieval-induced forgetting. However, the results of the two experiments reported here show the same amount of retrieval-induced forgetting in younger and older adults. These results indicate that retrieval inhibition is intact in older adults' episodic recall. The findings suggest that the common view of a general inhibitory deficit in older adults needs to be updated and that older adults show intact inhibition in some cognitive tasks and deficient inhibition in others. Psychological Science https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.01851.x Ja Nein publish false true 2 Alp Aslan Karl-Heinz Bäuml Bernhard Pastötter eng uncontrolled retrieval-induced forgetting Technische Hochschule Rosenheim