One the theory to explain how and why forgetting happens in long-term memory is interference. A memory phenomenon known as interference occurs when some memories prevent the recall of other memories.
Fundamentally, interference happens when some theory information makes it challenging to remember related information. When learning a new task causes you to forget a previously learned one, this phenomenon is known as retroactive interference (retro=backward). The recalling previously encoded and stored information or events is known as memory recall or retrieval. The third phase in the memory processing process follows storing and encoding, which come the first and second respectively.
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