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Forgetting “Novel” but Not “Dragon”: The Role of Age of Acquisition on Intentional and Incidental Forgetting

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  • Alejandra Marful
  • Carlos J Gómez-Ariza
  • Analía Barbón
  • Teresa Bajo

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Two experiments studied how the age at which words are acquired (Age of Acquisition, AoA) modulates forgetting. Experiment 1 employed the retrieval-practice paradigm to test the effect of AoA on the incidental forgetting that emerges after solving competition during retrieval (i.e., retrieval-induced forgetting, RIF). Standard RIF appeared with late-acquired words, but this effect disappeared with early-acquired words. Experiment 2 evaluated the effect of AoA on intentional forgetting by employing the list-method directed forgetting paradigm. Results showed a standard directed forgetting effect only when the to-be-forgotten words were late-acquired words. These findings point to the prominent role of AoA in forgetting processes.

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  • Alejandra Marful & Carlos J Gómez-Ariza & Analía Barbón & Teresa Bajo, 2016. "Forgetting “Novel” but Not “Dragon”: The Role of Age of Acquisition on Intentional and Incidental Forgetting," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 11(5), pages 1-10, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0155110
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0155110
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