transience

Examples of transience in the following topics:

• Transience and Encoding Failure

  • Both transience and encoding failure can limit our ability to store and, later, recall memories.
  • Transience refers to the general deterioration of a specific memory over time.
  • Transience is caused by proactive and retroactive interference.

• The Fallibility of Memory

  • "Transience" refers to the general deterioration of a specific memory over time.
  • Transience is caused by proactive and retroactive interference.

• Types of Forgetting

  • "Transience" refers to the general deterioration of a specific memory over time.
  • Under interference theory, transience occurs because all memories interfere with the ability to recall other memories.