List-method directed forgetting after prolonged retention interval: Further challenges to contemporary accounts

Publication date: June 2019Source: Journal of Memory and Language, Volume 106Author(s): Magdalena Abel, Karl-Heinz T. BäumlAbstractNumerous studies on list-method directed forgetting (LMDF) have shown that people can voluntarily forget information when cued to do so. But the cognitive mechanism(s) behind this form of forgetting are still subject to debate. The present study focused on two explanations of LMDF: selective rehearsal and mental context change. Experiment 1 addressed the context-change account by comparing the persistence of LMDF with that of context-dependent forgetting. Results showed that LMDF, but not context-dependent forgetting, was lasting, which is inconsistent with the context-change account. Experiments 2 and 3 addressed the selective-rehearsal account by examining w...

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