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===System Interaction===
These inconsistencies may be found due to the difficulty with conducting experiments that focus solely on the passage of time as a cause of decay, ruling out alternative explainations2explanations.<ref name="emtwo" /> However, a close look at the literature regarding decay theory will reveal inconsistencies across several studies and researchers, making it difficult to pinpoint precisely which indeed plays the larger role within the various systems of memory. It could be argued that both temporal decay and interference play an equally important role in forgetting, along with [[repressed memory|motivated forgetting]] and retrieval failure theory.
==Future Directions of Decay Theory==
==References==
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