Baddeley + Hitch (1977) rugby study

• Baddeley + Hitch (1977) conducted a study on retroactive interference in everyday memory using rugby players
• Retroactive interference


  Learning new team names interferes with the memory of old info (older team names)
• Procedure


  1. PPS asked to recall the names off all the teams they had played that season

  2. Interference measured by how many games played by the player had affected their recall
• Negative correlation found