Suppression-Induced Forgetting as a Model for Repression.

Autobiographical memory Ecological validity Independent probe test Memory inhibition Repression Suppression-induced forgetting Think/No-Think (T/NT) task

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Topics in cognitive science

ISSN: 1756-8765

Titre abrégé: Top Cogn Sci

Pays: United States

ID NLM: 101506764

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Date de publication:
10 Jul 2023

Historique:

revised: 28 05 2023

received: 31 10 2022

accepted: 30 06 2023

medline: 10 7 2023

pubmed: 10 7 2023

entrez: 10 7 2023

Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

The Think/No-Think (T/NT) task was designed to test whether the deliberate avoidance of retrieving a memory (i.e., suppression) hinders the subsequent recall of that memory. Forgetting effects obtained with the T/NT-task (Suppression-Induced Forgetting) are thought to result from memory inhibition: the deactivation of the representation of the to-be-suppressed memory. Memory inhibition can be specifically inferred from decreased performance on a test using Independent Probes-cues that are unrelated to the initial study phase in the T/NT-procedure. The present contribution explores the evidence for the idea that Suppression-Induced Forgetting obtained with such Independent Probes may provide a viable model for repression. A review of the literature on Suppression-Induced Forgetting with Independent Probes (SIF-IP) suggests that reliable estimates of the overall effect size are unavailable, that the extent to which the literature suffers from publication bias is unknown and that reporting bias may obstruct a clear view of the percentage of studies that find a statistically significant effect. In addition, it is difficult to study SIF-IP in autobiographical memories, due to their complexity and idiosyncrasy. All in all, it seems questionable whether suppression-induced forgetting obtained with independent probes provides a viable model of repression.

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DOI: 10.1111/tops.12684 PMID: 37427754

pubmed: 37427754

doi: 10.1111/tops.12684

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