Effect of temporal separation of two tasks on proactive inhibition.

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2 GROUPS LEARNED A-B FOR 32 TRIALS, LEARNED A-C TO 1 PERFECT RECITATION 3 DAYS LATER, AND RECALLED A-C AFTER 24 HR. 2 OTHER GROUPS LEARNED BOTH LISTS IN IMMEDIATE SUCCESSION FOLLOWED BY 24-HR RECALL OF A-C. 1 GROUP FROM EACH SCHEDULE HAD 6 A-B PAIRS RETAINED IN A-C. THE RESULTS SHOWED THAT THE 3-DAY SEPARATION OF A-B AND A-C MARKEDLY REDUCED PROACTIVE INHIBITION (PI); THIS FINDING WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE THEORETICAL CONCEPT OF BETWEEN-LIST DIFFERENTIATION. GIVEN THE TEMPORAL SEPARATION, DIFFERENTIATION DOES NOT COMPLETELY BREAK DOWN WHEN A-B PAIRS ARE RETAINED IN A-C. WITH NO TEMPORAL SEPARATION AND WITH REPEATED PAIRS, DIFFERENTIATION WAS ASSUMED TO BE ESSENTIALLY 0 SINCE THE NUMBER OF INTERLIST INTRUSIONS WAS ABOUT EQUIVALENT TO THE NUMBER OF CORRECT RESPONSES. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

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