ICPS
2019 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2019
Why Are We Not Flooded By Involuntary Thoughts about Past and Future? Testing the Cognitive Inhibition Dependency Hypothesis
- Krystian Barzykowski
Applied Memory Research Laboratory - Rémi Radel
Université Côte d’Azur, Nice - Agnieszka Niedźwieńska
Applied Memory Research Laboratory - Lia Kvavilashvili
University of Hertfordshire
Abstract
The study investigates the role of cognitive inhibition (CI) in occurrence of past and future thoughts (PFT) by experimentally depleting the inhibition. If CI modifies the frequency of PFT, depleting inhibition efficiency should intensify their frequency. The findings suggest that neither CI nor mental fatigue affect the frequency of PFT.
Memory
