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cue overload: a standalone construct

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Cognitive psychology

principle that a retrieval cue becomes less effective the more items are associated with it, used to explain the build-up of proactive interference.

In cognitive psychology, cue overload refers to principle that a retrieval cue becomes less effective the more items are associated with it, used to explain the build-up of proactive interference. This meaning comes from Watkins (1975) in Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory.[1]

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References

Watkins, O. C., & Watkins, M. J. (1975). Buildup of proactive inhibition as a cue-overload effect. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory, 1(4), 442-452. https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.1.4.442

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