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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > forgetting > motivated forgetting > suppression-induced forgetting

Preferred term

suppression-induced forgetting  

Definition

  • “tendency to forget memories that one tries to exclude from awareness when confronted with unwelcome reminders” (Anderson & Hulbert, 2021).

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • memory suppression
  • SIF
  • suppression effect

Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Anderson, M. C., & Green, C. (2001). Suppressing unwanted memories by executive control. Nature, 410(6826), 366–369. https://doi.org/10.1038/35066572

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

  • • Anderson, M. C., & Hanslmayr, S. (2014). Neural mechanisms of motivated forgetting. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 18(6), 279–292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2014.03.002

    [Study type: literature review / Access: open]

  • • Anderson, M. C., & Hulbert, J. C. (2021). Active forgetting : Adaptation of memory by prefrontal control. Annual Review of Psychology, 72(1), annurev-psych-072720-094140. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-072720-094140

    [Study type: literature review / Access: open]

  • • Bulevich, J. B., Roediger, H. L., Balota, D. A., & Butler, A. C. (2006). Failures to find suppression of episodic memories in the think/no-think paradigm. Memory & Cognition, 34(8), 1569‑1577. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03195920

    [Study type: empirical study, replication / Access: open]

  • • Engen, H. G., & Anderson, M. C. (2018). Memory control: A fundamental mechanism of emotion regulation. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2018.07.015

    [Study type: literature review / Access: open]

  • • Mecklinger, A., Parra, M., & Waldhauser, G. T. (2009). ERP correlates of intentional forgetting. Brain Research, 1255, 132‑147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2008.11.073

    [Study type: empirical study, replication / Access: closed]

  • • Nardo, D., & Anderson, M. C. (in press). Everything you ever wanted to know about the Think/No-Think task, but forgot to ask. Behavior Research Methods. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-024-02349-9

    [Study type: literature review, replication / Access: open]

  • • Singer, A., Darchi, S., Levy, D., & Sadeh, T. (2024). Intentional forgetting needs intentional remembering. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 153(3), 827–836. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0001536

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

  • • Stramaccia, D. F., Meyer, A.-K., Rischer, K. M., Fawcett, J. M., & Benoit, R. G. (2021). Memory suppression and its deficiency in psychological disorders : A focused meta-analysis. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 150(5), 828–850. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0000971

    [Study type: meta-analysis / Access: closed]

  • • Wessel, I., Albers, C. J., Zandstra, A. R. E., & Heininga, V. E. (2020). A multiverse analysis of early attempts to replicate memory suppression with the Think/No-think Task. Memory, 28(7), 870–887. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2020.1797095

    [Study type: empirical study, replication / Access: open]

  • • Wessel, I. (in press). Suppression-induced forgetting as a model for repression. Topics in Cognitive Science. https://doi.org/10.1111/tops.12684

    [Study type: literature review / Access: open]

  • • Wiechert, S., Loewy, L., Wessel, I., Fawcett, J. M., Ben-Shakhar, G., Pertzov, Y., & Verschuere, B. (2023). Suppression-induced forgetting: A pre-registered replication of the think/no-think paradigm. Memory, 31(7), 989–1002. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2023.2208791

    [Study type: empirical study, replication / Access: open]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

Dataset citation(s)

  • • Wang, Y. (2022, March 31). Retrieval suppression induced forgetting on 1-week-old consolidated episodic memories. https://osf.io/tz2kq/
  • • Wessel, I., Heininga, V. E., Albers, C. J., & Zandstra, A. R. E. (2020, March 27). Data. https://osf.io/f2jw3/
  • • Wiechert, S., Verschuere, B., Wessel, I., Fawcett, J., Ben-Shakhar, G., & Pertzov, Y. (2023, April 18). Think/No-Think Replication. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/E75A6

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