Abstract
This experiment was conducted to examine whether release from proactive inhibition (PI) occurred during encoding or retrieval process. Forty college students were required to remember triads employing the Brown-Peterson technique. Half of them were instructed to recall only currently presented items (DR condition) and the others to recall both currently and earlier presented items (NDR condition). Results showed that PI and release from PI occurred in DR condition but not in NDR condition. These results suggested that buildup and release from PI might be interpreted in terms of difficulties in discriminating current from earlier presented items during retrieval process.
