Seemingly effortless tasks, such as recognizing faces and retrieving names, become harder
as we age. Such difficulties may be due to the competition generated in memory by …

Memory retrieval is often challenged by other irrelevant competing memories that cause
interference. This phenomenon is typically studied with the retrieval practice paradigm in …

The retrieval (or testing) of information leads to better memory performance compared with
reencoding. This phenomenon is known as “testing effect” or “retrieval practice effect” and …

Selectively retrieving episodic information from a cue often induces interference from related
episodes. To promote successful retrieval of the target episode, such interference is …

Brain oscillations in the theta frequency band (3–8 Hz) have been shown to be critically
involved in human episodic memory retrieval. In prior work, both positive and negative …

Retrieving a target item from episodic memory typically enhances later memory for the
retrieved item but causes forgetting of competing irrelevant memories. This finding is termed …

Recollection of contextual information represents the core of human recognition memory. It
has been associated with theta (4–8 Hz) power in electrophysiological recordings and …

Although the neural mechanism supporting episodic recollection has been well
characterized in younger adults, exactly how recollection is supported in older adults …

The roles of theta and alpha oscillations for long‐term memory (LTM) retrieval are still under
debate. Both are modulated by LTM retrieval demands, but it is unclear what specific LTM …

Our episodic memories vary in their specificity, ranging from a mere sense of familiarity to
detailed recollection of the initial experience. Recent work suggests that alpha/beta …