Interference and inhibition in cognition

Title:

Author:

Dempster, Frank N.

ISBN:

9780080534916

Publication Information:

San Diego : Academic Press, c1995.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 423 p.) : ill.

Contents:

Interference and inhibition in cognition : an historical perspective / Interference effects in memory and reasoning : a fuzzy-trace theory analysis / Interference or facilitation in infant memory? / Interference processes in memory development : the case of cognitive triage / Evolution of inhibition mechanisms and their role in human cognition and behavior / Development of cognitive inhibition : theories, definitions, and research evidence / Selective attention and the inhibitory control of cognition / Memory interference and misinformation effects / Skilled suppression / Catastrophic interference in neural networks : causes, solutions, and data / Inhibitory processes in cognition and aging / New perspectives on interference and inhibition in cognition : final comments

Abstract:

Research has made clear that intellectual tasks are sensitive to interference. Psychological processes including attention, perception, learning, and memory are easily disrupted, and resistance to interference is an important dimension of cognition. The capacity for inhibiting interference differs widely among individuals and as a factor of age and experience. Interference and Inhibition in Cognition presents an overview of research on how inhibition and interference affect cognition, and the factors that influence inhibitory processes and interference sensitivity.

Subject Term:

Cognition.

Interference (Perception)

Inhibition.

Inhibition (Psychology)

Memory.

Interférence (Psychologie)

SCIENCE -- Cognitive Science.

PSYCHOLOGY -- Cognitive Psychology.

Interferentie (cognitie)

Inhibitie.

Cognitie.