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 -