Retrieval Failure and Interference

About the lecture

In this lecture, we think about different explanations for forgetting, focusing in particular on: (i) explanations based on the failure to retrieve information from memory, such as Tulvig’s Encoding Specificity Principle; (ii) the role of interference in forgetting; (iii) how research on this topic has evolved over time; (iv) the effects of retro-active interference on memory formation and consolidation.

About the lecturer

Davide Bruno was born in Italy and graduated in Psychology from the University of Parma, then obtained a PhD from Keele University (2007). After positions at the University of Southampton, the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, the Nathan Kline Institute, New York University, and Liverpool Hope University, he joined Liverpool John Moores University as a Senior Lecturer. His interests are, broadly, memory, ageing and dementia.