Proactive interferencebuilds up with exposure to multiple lists of similar items
with a resulting reduction in recall. This study examined the effectiveness of
using a proactive strategy of the method of loci to reduce proactive
interference in a list recall paradigm of categorically similar words. While all
participants reported using some form of strategy to recall list words, this
study demonstrated that young adults were able to proactively use the method of
loci after 25 min of instruction to reduce proactive interference as compared
with other personal spontaneous strategies. The implications of this study are
that top-down proactive strategies such as the method of loci can significantly
reduce proactive interference, and that the use of image and sequence or
location are especially useful in this regard.
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