TY - JOUR A1 - Bäuml, Karl-Heinz A1 - Aslan, Alp T1 - Part-list cuing as instructed retrieval inhibition JF - Memory & Cognition N2 - The reexposure of a subset of learned material as a retrieval cue can impair recall of the remaining material. Like part-list relearning—the reexposure of learned material for additional learning—this part-list cuing is often assumed to be the result of output order biases at test, caused by the increased strength of the reexposed material. We directly compared the effects of cuing and relearning when controlling for output order biases. In addition, we compared the two forms of reexposure with the effect of part-list retrieval. Both part-list cuing and part-list retrieval reduced recall performance for the remaining material. By contrast, part-list relearning had no such detrimental effect. These results indicate that the effect of reexposure depends on whether material is reexposed as a cue or for relearning, suggesting that part-list cuing reflects an instructional effect. Evidence is provided that part-list cuing leads to instructed covert retrieval of cue items and causes retrieval inhibition of noncue items, similar to how overt retrieval inhibits nonretrieved items. KW - Target Item KW - Delay Condition KW - Retrieval Practice KW - Strategy Disruption KW - Weak Item Y1 - 2021 UR - https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03195852 VL - 32 IS - 4 SP - 610 EP - 617 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Aslan, Alp A1 - Bäuml, Karl-Heinz T. T1 - Retrieval-induced forgetting in young children JF - Psychonomic Bulletin & Review N2 - A prominent theory of cognitive development attributes the poor performance that children show in many cognitive tasks to a general lack of inhibitory control. We tested this theory by examining children’s inhibitory capabilities in retrieval-induced forgetting (RIF), a memory task in which selective retrieval of previously studied material causes forgetting of related, nonretrieved material. Such forgetting is often attributed to inhibitory control processes, which supposedly suppress the nonretrieved items’ memory representation. We examined RIF in kindergartners, second graders, and adults, using both recall and recognition testing. Although all three age groups showed significant RIF in recall, only adults and second graders, but not kindergartners, showed RIF in recognition. Because inhibition-based RIF should be present in recall and recognition, these findings indicate that in adults and second graders, but not in kindergartners, RIF is mediated by inhibition. The results support the view of inefficient inhibitory processes in young children’s cognition. KW - False Alarm Rate KW - Retrieval Practice KW - Item Recognition KW - Unpracticed Item KW - Final Recall Test Y1 - 2021 UR - https://doi.org/10.3758/PBR.17.5.704 VL - 17 IS - 5 SP - 704 EP - 709 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hanslmayr, Simon A1 - Staudigl, Tobias A1 - Aslan, Alp A1 - Bäuml, Karl-Heinz T1 - Theta oscillations predict the detrimental effects of memory retrieval JF - Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience N2 - Retrieving a target item from episodic memory typically enhances later memory for the retrieved item but causes forgetting of competing irrelevant memories. This finding is termed retrieval-induced forgetting (RIF) and is assumed to be the consequence of an inhibitory mechanism resolving retrieval competition. In the present study, we examined brain oscillatory processes related to RIF, as induced by competitive memory retrieval. Contrasting a competitive with a noncompetitive retrieval condition, we found a stronger increase in early evoked theta (4–7 Hz) activity, which specifically predicted RIF, but not retrieval-induced enhancement. Within the cognitive framework of RIF, these findings suggest that theta oscillations reflect arising interference and its resolution during competitive retrieval in episodic memory. KW - Memory Retrieval KW - Electrode Site KW - Retrieval Practice KW - Competitive Condition KW - Theta Power Y1 - 2021 UR - https://doi.org/10.3758/CABN.10.3.329 VL - 10 IS - 3 SP - 329 EP - 338 ER -