Editing Interference theory (section)

===Research===

====Pitch perception====
Retroactive Interference has also been investigated using pitch perception as the learning medium.<ref name = Massaro>{{cite journal | last1 = Massaro | first1 = D.W. | year = 1970 | title = Retroactive Interference in Short Term Memory for Pitch | url = https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations_1/3341| journal = Journal of Experimental Psychology | volume = 83 | issue = 1| pages = 32–39 | doi=10.1037/h0028566| pmid = 5436482 }}</ref> The researcher found that the presentation of subsequent stimuli in succession causes a decrease in recalled accuracy.<ref name="Massaro"/> Massaro found that the presentation of successive auditory tones, confused perceptual [[short-term memory]], causing Retroactive Interference as the new tone inhibits the retrieval of previously heard tones.<ref name="Massaro"/>

====Motor movement====
Wohldmann, Healey, and Bourne found that Retroactive Interference also affects the retention of motor movements.<ref name = Wohldmann>{{cite journal | last1 = Wohldmann | first1 = E.L. | last2 = Healy | first2 = A.F. | last3 = Bourne | first3 = Jr. | year = 2008 | title = A mental practice superiority effect: Less retroactive interference and more transfer than physical practice | journal = Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition | volume = 34 | issue = 4| pages = 823–833 | doi=10.1037/0278-7393.34.4.823| pmid = 18605871 }}</ref> Researchers found that retroactive interference affects the performance of old motor movements when newly acquired motor movements are practiced.<ref name="Wohldmann"/> Physical practice of newly executed motor movements decreased the retention and recall of previously learned movements.<ref name="Wohldmann"/> Despite the retroactive interference noted by Wohldmann et al., researchers noted that mental practice decreased the amount of retroactive interference, suggesting that mental practice is more flexible and durable over time.<ref name="Wohldmann"/>  This study of the superiority effect of physical practice is similar to the [[Word Superiority Effect]] made famous by Cattell.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Cattell | first1 = J. M. | year = 1886 | title = The time it takes to see and name objects | url = https://zenodo.org/record/1707687| journal = Mind | volume = 11 | issue = 41| pages = 63–65 | doi = 10.1093/mind/os-XI.41.63 }}</ref>

====Word tasks====
Retroactive Interference increases when the items are similar, therefore increasing association between them as shown by [[spreading activation]].<ref name = Barnes>{{cite journal | last1 = Barnes | first1 = J.M. | last2 = Underwood | first2 = B.J. | year = 1959 | title = Fate of first list association in transfer theory | journal = Journal of Experimental Psychology | volume = 58 | issue = 2| pages = 97–105 | doi=10.1037/h0047507| pmid = 13796886 }}</ref> Barnes and Underwood found that when participants in the experimental condition were presented with two similar word lists, the recollection of the first-word list decreased with the presentation of the second-word list.<ref name="Barnes"/> This finding contrasts the control condition as they had little Retroactive Inference when asked to recall the first-word list after a period of unrelated activity.<ref name="Barnes"/>