Selective effects of interference on implicit and explicit memory for new associations.

Examined the effects of interference manipulation on explicit and implicit memory for pairs of normatively unrelated words in 2 experiments, involving 128 undergraduates. Findings show that interference affected explicit memory, as indexed by performance on cued recall, pair matching, and modified free-recall tests, but it did not affect implicit memory, as indexed by performance on a word-completion test. This pattern of results complements several previous findings, including those of the present authors (see PA, Vol 73:12203 and 29150), on performance dissociations between explicit and implicit memory for new associations. (44 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)