Erminia Fiorentino

PhD Psychology

  • Psychology
  • School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences

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Biography

Background

I am interested in human memory and all aspects related to it. Currently I am working on Retroactive Interference which refers to when newly acquired information impairs the retention of previous acquired information. The Interference Theory proposes that forgetting occurs when memories interfere with, and disrupt, one another.

I am trying to demonstrate that people forget what they forget not because of the mere passage of time, but because of demanding activities we go through. 

 

Research summary

Retroactive Interference, Memory, Memory Consolidation, Memory Impairment, Episodic Memory, Alzheimer's Disease.

Prof Sergio Della Sala

Dr Candice Morey

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