1. There are two types of interference; proactive interference and retroactive interference. 2. Shortly afterwards proactive interference was demonstrated with the Brown-Peterson paradigm. 3. This led to what is known as the proactive interference . 4. Wickens discovered the release from proactive inhibition through his research on proactive interference buildup. 5. To differ, others have tried to investigate the relation of proactive interference when cued to forget. 6. The research, as predicted, showed retardation and impairment in associations, due to the effect of Proactive Interference . 7. That's because proactive interference causes data already in working memory to hinder the storage of information coming in later. 8. Therefore, these associated cues do not directly control the potential effect of proactive interference on short term memory span. 9. First, proactive interference has to do with difficulty in learning new material based on the inability to override information from older memories. 10. The most obvious and used proactive interference and negative transfer paradigm from the 1950s and 1960s was the use of AB-AC, or AB-DE lists.
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