EEG evidence that morally relevant autobiographical memories can be suppressed.

ABSTRACT: Remembering unpleasant events can trigger negative feelings. Fortunately, research indicates that unwanted retrieval can be suppressed to prevent memories from intruding into awareness, improving our mental state. The current scientific understanding of retrieval suppression, however, is based mostly on simpler memories, such as associations between words or pictures, which may not reflect how people control unpleasant memory intrusions in everyday life. Here, we investigated the neural and behavioural dynamics of suppressing personal and emotional autobiographical memories using a modified version of the Think/No-Think task. We asked participants to suppress memories of their own past immoral actions, which were hypothesised to be both highly intrusive and motivating to suppress. We repor

SUBMITTER: Satish A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9622558 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature