APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
Successfully Controlling Intrusive Memories Is Harder When Control Must be Sustained
- Kevin van Schie
Erasmus University Rotterdam - Michael Anderson
MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
Abstract
It is self-evident that people occasionally try to suppress unwanted memories following unpleasant events. Such efforts may fail when inhibitory control demands are high in situations of sustained control or when fatigued. In this study we indeed found that controlling intrusive memories is harder when control must be sustained.
Memory
