page_title: Interference theory
section_title: Short-term memory
hierarchical_section_title: Interference theory / Output interference / Research / Short-term memory
caption_attribution_description: English: amygdala. Images are from Anatomography maintained by Life Science Databases(LSDB). 日本語: 扁桃体。 画像はLife Science Databases(LSDB)のAnatomographyというサイトより。
context_page_description: The Interference theory is a theory regarding human memory. Interference occurs in learning. It is the notion that memories encoded in long-term memory are forgotten, and cannot be retrieved into short-term memory. This is because of either memory interfering, or hampering, one another. There is an immense number of encoded memories within the storage of LTM. The challenge for memory retrieval is recalling the specific memory and working in the temporary workspace provided in STM. Retaining information regarding the relevant time of encoding memories into LTM influences interference strength.
  There are two types of interference effects:
  proactive interference,
  retroactive interference.
context_section_description: Henry L. Roediger III and Schmidt found that the act of retrieval can serve as the source of the failing to remember, using multiple experiments that tested the recall of categorized and paired associative lists. Three experiments were carried out where subjects were first presented with category lists and then asked to recall the items in the list after being shown the category name as a cue. The further the test position from the category resulted in a decline of the recall of words. A fourth experiment revealed that only recent items were present in output interference in paired associative lists.
caption: Amygdala highlighted in red