@misc{10481/60174,
year = {2019},
month = {2},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/60174},
abstract = {Analogical reasoning is a complex cognitive activity that involves access and retrieval of
pre-existing knowledge in order to find a suitable solution. Prior work has shown that analogical
transfer and reasoning can be influenced by unconscious activation of relevant information.
Based on this idea, we report two experiments that examine whether reduced access
to relevant information in memory may further disrupt analogical reasoning unwittingly. In
both experiments, we use an adaptation of the retrieval practice paradigm [1] to modulate
memory accessibility of potential solutions to a subsequent set of analogy problems of the
type ‘A is to B as C is to ?’. Experiment 1 showed a retrieval-induced impairment in analogical
problem solving. Experiment 2 replicated this finding and demonstrated that it cannot be
due to the deliberative episodic retrieval of the solutions to the analogies. These findings,
predictable from an inhibitory framework of memory control, provide a new focus for theories
of analogical transfer and highlight the importance of unconscious memory processes that
may modulate problem solving.},
organization = {The study was supported by the Spanish
Ministry of Education and Science and Ministry of
Economy, Industry and Competitiveness grants
FPU014/07066 to TMV, PSI2015-65502-C2-1-P to
TB, PSI2015-65502-C2-2-P to CJGA and PCIN-
2015-165-C02-01 to TMV, TB and CJGA},
publisher = {PLOS},
title = {Inhibitory control during selective retrieval may hinder subsequent analogical thinking},
doi = {10.1371/ journal.pone.0211881},
author = {Valle, Tania M. and Gómez Ariza, Carlos Javier and Bajo Molina, María Teresa},
}