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IT has been argued by Underwood1 that proactive inhibition is a major factor determining retention. On the basis of data from a large number of earlier experiments he suggests that the recall of verbal tasks is a function of the number of previously learned similar tasks: the greater their number, the lower is the recall score after 24 h. This loss of retention is assumed to reflect interference from the earlier tasks (proactive inhibition).
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VON WRIGHT, J., SALMINEN, H. Retention as a Function of Previous Learning. Nature 204, 301–302 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/204301a0
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