In terms of working memory capacity's influence on long-term memory retrieval, generally __________.
A) people with less capacity experience less interference
B) people with greater capacity experience less interference
C) there is no clear relationship (they are independent types of memory)
D) they are inversely proportional

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People with greater working memory capacity are better able to filter out irrelevant information and focus on the relevant information, which helps them retrieve information from long-term memory with less interference. Therefore, people with greater working memory capacity experience less interference during long-term memory retrieval.

In Terms of Working Memory Capacity's Influence on Long-Term Memory