Fig. 1.

Schematic illustration of the experimental design. The participants briefly viewed a series of neutral images (Learning) and were then assigned to one of three retention intervals: 1 h, 9 days, and 28 days. During these intervals, the participants received three equally spaced memory reactivations. However, the type of reactivations was manipulated and either involved distractor, component, or descriptive reactivations. A no reactivation Control group was also included in the design. At the end, the participants were given an in-lab free-recall test