Loss of information refers to the inability to retain or recall previously learned material. It means that something once remembered is no longer accessible in memory.
Related terms
Retroactive Interference: This term describes when new learning disrupts the recall of old information.
Cue-dependent Forgetting: Cue-dependent forgetting occurs when there are insufficient retrieval cues available during recall, making it difficult to access stored information.
Contextual Memory Effects: These effects refer to how memory retrieval can be enhanced by recreating similar contexts or environments present during initial encoding.