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proactive inhibition

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proactive inhibition, interference
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(Psychology) Psychol the tendency for earlier memories to interfere with the retrieval of material learned later Compare retroactive inhibition


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Remembrance of places lasts: Proactive inhibition and patterns of choice in rat spatial memory.
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