To think or not to think, that is the question: Individual differences in suppression and rebound effects in autobiographical memory

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dc.contributor.authorNoreen, Saimaen
dc.contributor.authorMacLeod, Malcolm D.en
dc.date.acceptance2013-10-23en
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-16T11:00:41Z
dc.date.available2017-03-16T11:00:41Z
dc.date.issued2013-12-02
dc.description.abstractTwo studies explored the effects of forget instructions on autobiographical memory at immediate test and following delays of either 12-13 months, or 3-4 months. Using the Autobiographical Think/No-Think procedure (cf., Noreen & MacLeod, 2013), 24 never-depressed participants (Study 1) first generated 12 positive and 12 negative autobiographical memories and associated cues. Participants were then asked to recall the memory associated with some of the cues (i.e., 'think' condition), or to avoid saying or thinking about the memory associated with other cues (i.e., 'no-think' condition). Participants were then asked to recall the memories associated with all the cues at immediate test and following a delay of 12-13 months. Participants were found to be successful at forgetting both positive and negative autobiographical memories following 'no-think' instructions at immediate test but this forgetting effect did not persist following a 12-13 month delay. This pattern of remembering and forgetting was replicated in a second study (using 27 never-depressed participants) following a 3-4 month delay. Participants who had been less successful at forgetting 'no-think' memories at immediate test, were more likely to show rebound effects for those memories following a delay compared to memories which received neither 'think' nor 'no-think' instructions. Individual differences in inhibitory control and the efficacy of potential therapeutic interventions of 'no-think' instructions are considered.en
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dc.funderBritish Academyen
dc.identifier.citationNoreen, S. and MacLeod, M. (2014) To think or not to think, that is the question: Individual differences in suppression and rebound effects in autobiographical memory. Acta Psychologica, 145, pp. 84-97en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2013.10.011
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2086/13639
dc.language.isoenen
dc.peerreviewedYesen
dc.projectidSG111104en
dc.publisherElsevieren
dc.researchinstituteInstitute for Psychological Scienceen
dc.subject2300 Human experimental psychologyen
dc.subject2340 Cognitive processesen
dc.subjectAutobiographical memoryen
dc.subjectIntentional forgettingen
dc.subjectMemory suppressionen
dc.subjectThink/no-think tasken
dc.titleTo think or not to think, that is the question: Individual differences in suppression and rebound effects in autobiographical memoryen
dc.typeArticleen

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