Neural mechanisms of motivated forgetting

被引:351
作者
Anderson, Michael C. [1 ,2 ]
Hanslmayr, Simon [3 ,4 ]
机构
[1] Univ Cambridge, MRC Cognit & Brain Sci Unit, Cambridge, England
[2] Univ Cambridge, Behav & Clin Neurosci Inst, Cambridge, England
[3] Univ Birmingham, Sch Psychol, Birmingham B15 2TT, W Midlands, England
[4] Univ Konstanz, Dept Psychol Zukunftskolleg, Constance, Germany
基金
英国医学研究理事会;
关键词
SUPPRESSING UNWANTED MEMORIES; INHIBITORY CONTROL; INTENTIONAL SUPPRESSION; INDIVIDUAL-DIFFERENCES; THETA OSCILLATIONS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RETRIEVAL; THINK; BRAIN; ERP;
D O I
10.1016/j.tics.2014.03.002
中图分类号
B84 [心理学]; C [社会科学总论]; Q98 [人类学];
学科分类号
03 ; 0303 ; 030303 ; 04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Not all memories are equally welcome in awareness. People limit the time they spend thinking about unpleasant experiences, a process that begins during encoding, but that continues when cues later remind someone of the memory. Here, we review the emerging behavioural and neuroimaging evidence that suppressing awareness of an unwelcome memory, at encoding or retrieval, is achieved by inhibitory, control processes mediated by the lateral prefrontal cortex. These mechanisms interact with neural structures that represent experiences in memory, disrupting traces that support retention. Thus, mechanisms engaged to regulate momentary awareness introduce lasting biases in which experiences remain accessible. We argue that theories of forgetting that neglect the motivated control of awareness omit a powerful force shaping the retention of our past.
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页码:279 / 292
页数:14
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