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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Otto Von Guericke Univ, Dept Neurol, Fac Med, Memory & Consciousness Res Grp, D-39120 Magdeburg, Germany
Otto Von Guericke Univ, Ctr Adv Imaging, Fac Med, D-39120 Magdeburg, GermanyOtto Von Guericke Univ, Dept Neurol, Fac Med, Memory & Consciousness Res Grp, D-39120 Magdeburg, Germany
Bergstroem, Zara M.
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de Fockert, Jan W.
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Univ London, Dept Psychol, London WC1E 7HU, EnglandOtto Von Guericke Univ, Dept Neurol, Fac Med, Memory & Consciousness Res Grp, D-39120 Magdeburg, Germany
de Fockert, Jan W.
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Richardson-Klavehn, Alan
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Otto Von Guericke Univ, Dept Neurol, Fac Med, Memory & Consciousness Res Grp, D-39120 Magdeburg, Germany
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Otto Von Guericke Univ, Dept Neurol 2, Fac Med, D-39120 Magdeburg, Germany
Univ London, London WC1E 7HU, EnglandOtto Von Guericke Univ, Dept Neurol 2, Fac Med, D-39120 Magdeburg, Germany
Bergstroem, Zara M.
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de Fockert, Jan
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Otto Von Guericke Univ, Dept Neurol, Fac Med, Memory & Consciousness Res Grp, D-39120 Magdeburg, Germany
Otto Von Guericke Univ, Ctr Adv Imaging, Fac Med, D-39120 Magdeburg, GermanyOtto Von Guericke Univ, Dept Neurol, Fac Med, Memory & Consciousness Res Grp, D-39120 Magdeburg, Germany
Bergstroem, Zara M.
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de Fockert, Jan W.
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Univ London, Dept Psychol, London WC1E 7HU, EnglandOtto Von Guericke Univ, Dept Neurol, Fac Med, Memory & Consciousness Res Grp, D-39120 Magdeburg, Germany
de Fockert, Jan W.
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Richardson-Klavehn, Alan
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Otto Von Guericke Univ, Dept Neurol, Fac Med, Memory & Consciousness Res Grp, D-39120 Magdeburg, Germany
Otto Von Guericke Univ, Ctr Adv Imaging, Fac Med, D-39120 Magdeburg, GermanyOtto Von Guericke Univ, Dept Neurol, Fac Med, Memory & Consciousness Res Grp, D-39120 Magdeburg, Germany
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Otto Von Guericke Univ, Dept Neurol 2, Fac Med, D-39120 Magdeburg, Germany
Univ London, London WC1E 7HU, EnglandOtto Von Guericke Univ, Dept Neurol 2, Fac Med, D-39120 Magdeburg, Germany
Bergstroem, Zara M.
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de Fockert, Jan
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Richardson-Klavehn, Alan
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