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what was learned from the memory research by peterson and peterson (1959) using the three consonants?

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It suggested that if information is not actively rehearsed or processed, it quickly fades away from memory. The study also emphasized the role of interference, as the counting task disrupted rehearsal, leading to increased forgetting. Additionally, short-term memory has a limited duration and that forgetting occurs rapidly when rehearsal is prevented.

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