Inhibitory control is a fundamental process that enables suppression of representations or
processes that interfere with ongoing cognition and behavior. This chapter reviews the role …

This book reviews how people and animals learn and how their behaviors are later changed
as a result of this learning. Nearly all of our behaviors are influenced by prior learning …

Forgetting can result from passive or active processes. Active forgetting includes
purposefully trying to forget or retrieve competing information. Knowledge about active …

Suppressing unwanted memories can impair their later recall. Recent work shows that this
forgetting is achieved by at least two mechanisms supported by distinct neural systems …

Strong evidence suggests that memory for emotional information is much better than for
neutral one. Thus, one may expect that forgetting of emotional information is difficult and …

The ability to control how we process information by remembering that which is important
and forgetting that which is irrelevant is essential to maintain accurate, up-to-date memories …

We investigated whether intentional forgetting impacts only the likelihood of later retrieval
from long-term memory or whether it also impacts the fidelity of those representations that …

The current meta-analysis explored whether emotional memories are less susceptible to
item-method directed forgetting than neutral memories. Basic analyses revealed superior …

In the present study, we examined whether note-taking as a memory aid may provide a
naturalistic example of intentional forgetting. In the first experiment, participants played …

Despite the substantial evidence highlighting the role of selective rehearsal in item-method
directed forgetting, recent work has suggested that forgetting may occur as a function of an …