Positive forgetting: The noninterference of Items intentionally forgotten

Short-term retention of individual verbal items.

Lloyd Peterson, Margaret Jean Peterson · Journal of Experimental Psychology · 1959 · 2.9K citations

Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +14

The teacher's word book of 30,000 words.

Paul A. Witty · Journal of Consulting Psychology · 1945 · 2.7K citations

Education, Teacher Education, Teaching +10

The modification of short-term memory through instructions to forget

Robert A. Bjork, David LaBerge, Ross Legrand · Psychonomic Science · 1968 · 161 citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Psychology, Cognitive Psychology +10

Effects of the instructional sets to remember and to forget on short-term retention: Studies of rehearsal control and retrieval inhibition (repression).

Bernard Weiner, Henry Reed · Journal of Experimental Psychology · 1969 · 71 citations

Social Sciences, Educational Psychology, Psychology +13

Short-term retention of single paired associates.

Bennet B. Murdock · Journal of Experimental Psychology · 1963 · 70 citations

Social Sciences, Psychology, Interpersonal Relationships +3