Memory interference

Can you keep list one

Interference tasks show how new information can crowd out what you just learned.

IQFlow Pinterest pin showing a memory interference challenge with two short word lists.

Quick answer

How to score it

After reading both lists, try to recall only list one: cat, map, sun. The second list is there to create interference.

How to use it

1

Read the first list once.

2

Read the second list once.

3

Look away.

4

Recall only the first list.

What this trains

Interference control
Short-term memory
Attention
Recall accuracy

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