Exploring Mechanisms of Selective Directed Forgetting

While some studies have shown that providing a cue to selectively forget one subset of previously learned facts may cause specific forgetting of this information, little is known about the mechanisms underlying this memory phenomenon. In three experiments, we aimed to better understand the nature of...

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Autores: Aguirre, Carmen, Gomez-Ariza, Carlos J, Andres, Pilar, Mazzoni, Giuliana, Bajo, Ma T
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Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Recursos:Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII)
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Idioma:inglés
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Palavra-chave:Episodic memory
Motivated forgetting
Selective directed forgetting
Executive control
Inhibition
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spelling Exploring Mechanisms of Selective Directed ForgettingAguirre, CarmenGomez-Ariza, Carlos JAndres, PilarMazzoni, GiulianaBajo, Ma TEpisodic memoryMotivated forgettingSelective directed forgettingExecutive controlInhibitionWhile some studies have shown that providing a cue to selectively forget one subset of previously learned facts may cause specific forgetting of this information, little is known about the mechanisms underlying this memory phenomenon. In three experiments, we aimed to better understand the nature of the selective directed forgetting (SDF) effect. Participants studied a List 1 consisting of 18 sentences regarding two (or three) different characters and a List 2 consisting of sentences regarding an additional character. In Experiment 1, we explored the role of rehearsal as the mechanism producing SDF by examining the effect of articulatory suppression after List 1 and during List 2 presentation. In Experiments 2 and 3, we explored the role of attentional control mechanisms by introducing a concurrent updating task after List 1 and during List 2 (Experiment 2) and by manipulating the number of characters to be selectively forgotten (1 out of 3 vs. 2 out of 3). Results from the three experiments suggest that neither rehearsal nor context change seem to be the mechanisms underlying SDF, while the pattern of results is consistent with an inhibitory account. In addition, whatever the responsible mechanism is, SDF seems to rely on the available attentional resources and the demands of the task. Our results join other findings to show that SDF is a robust phenomenon and suggest boundary conditions for the effect to be observed.Frontiers Media20242024-07-1120172017-03-0320172017-03-03research articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/20416reponame:Repisaludinstname:Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repisalud.isciii.es:20.500.12105/204162026-06-12T12:43:37Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Exploring Mechanisms of Selective Directed Forgetting
title Exploring Mechanisms of Selective Directed Forgetting
spellingShingle Exploring Mechanisms of Selective Directed Forgetting
Aguirre, Carmen
Episodic memory
Motivated forgetting
Selective directed forgetting
Executive control
Inhibition
title_short Exploring Mechanisms of Selective Directed Forgetting
title_full Exploring Mechanisms of Selective Directed Forgetting
title_fullStr Exploring Mechanisms of Selective Directed Forgetting
title_full_unstemmed Exploring Mechanisms of Selective Directed Forgetting
title_sort Exploring Mechanisms of Selective Directed Forgetting
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Aguirre, Carmen
Gomez-Ariza, Carlos J
Andres, Pilar
Mazzoni, Giuliana
Bajo, Ma T
author Aguirre, Carmen
author_facet Aguirre, Carmen
Gomez-Ariza, Carlos J
Andres, Pilar
Mazzoni, Giuliana
Bajo, Ma T
author_role author
author2 Gomez-Ariza, Carlos J
Andres, Pilar
Mazzoni, Giuliana
Bajo, Ma T
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Episodic memory
Motivated forgetting
Selective directed forgetting
Executive control
Inhibition
topic Episodic memory
Motivated forgetting
Selective directed forgetting
Executive control
Inhibition
description While some studies have shown that providing a cue to selectively forget one subset of previously learned facts may cause specific forgetting of this information, little is known about the mechanisms underlying this memory phenomenon. In three experiments, we aimed to better understand the nature of the selective directed forgetting (SDF) effect. Participants studied a List 1 consisting of 18 sentences regarding two (or three) different characters and a List 2 consisting of sentences regarding an additional character. In Experiment 1, we explored the role of rehearsal as the mechanism producing SDF by examining the effect of articulatory suppression after List 1 and during List 2 presentation. In Experiments 2 and 3, we explored the role of attentional control mechanisms by introducing a concurrent updating task after List 1 and during List 2 (Experiment 2) and by manipulating the number of characters to be selectively forgotten (1 out of 3 vs. 2 out of 3). Results from the three experiments suggest that neither rehearsal nor context change seem to be the mechanisms underlying SDF, while the pattern of results is consistent with an inhibitory account. In addition, whatever the responsible mechanism is, SDF seems to rely on the available attentional resources and the demands of the task. Our results join other findings to show that SDF is a robust phenomenon and suggest boundary conditions for the effect to be observed.
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