retroactive interference

Retroactive interference is when new information you learn disrupts your ability to recall older information. For example, if you learn a lot of new facts for a quiz on history, you might struggle to remember details from a previous quiz on geography. The new facts can overshadow or confuse your memory of the older ones. This phenomenon highlights how our memory is not always perfect, as new experiences can interfere with what we've already learned, making it harder to retrieve that older knowledge when we need it.