In the classic experiment in which two groups of students studied lists of words with one group staying awake before the testing and the other group sleeping, the students who slept after studying the list remembered more because _____ was held to a minimum.
A)proactive interference
B)disinhibition
C)retrograde amnesia
D)retroactive interference

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Retroactive interference occurs when new information interferes with the ability to recall old information. When the group of students who stayed awake before testing were exposed to new information while awake, it interfered with their ability to recall the information studied earlier. This interference was minimized in the group of students who slept after studying, which allowed them to better retain the information.

In the Classic Experiment in Which Two Groups of Students