Oh, Honey, I Already Forgot That : Strategic Control of Directed Forgetting in Older and Younger Adults*
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Peter F. Delaney, Associate Professor (Creator)
- Lili Sahakyan, Assistant Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: This article is about age-related differences in intentional forgetting of unwanted information. Imagine receiving medication and reading the directions on how to take it. Afterwards, the doctor tells you to take a different dosage at a different time from that printed on the label. Updating the directions may necessitate intentional forgetting of the earlier-learned information. The current article took one approach to examining this issue by examining age differences in the effectiveness of intentional forgetting using the popular list-method directed forgetting procedure invented by R. A. Bjork, LaBerge, and LeGrand (1968).
Oh, Honey, I Already Forgot That : Strategic Control of Directed Forgetting in Older and Younger Adults*
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Psychology & Aging, 23, 621-633
- Language: English
- Date: 2008
- Keywords
- age-related differences, intentional forgetting, older adults, younger adults, directed forgetting