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directed forgetting: a standalone construct

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Cognitive psychology

items a person is told to forget are later remembered less well than items they are told to remember.

In cognitive psychology, directed forgetting refers to items a person is told to forget are later remembered less well than items they are told to remember. This meaning comes from Bjork (1970) in Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior.[1]

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References

Bjork, R. A. (1970). Positive forgetting: The noninterference of Items intentionally forgotten. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 9(3), 255-268. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5371(70)80059-7

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