Over the past century, psychologists have discussed whether forgetting might arise from
active mechanisms that promote memory loss to achieve various functions, such as …

Memory serves critical functions in everyday life, but it is also vulnerable to error and illusion.
Two decades ago, I proposed that memory errors could be classified into seven basic …

Anxiety, posttraumatic stress, and depression markedly increased worldwide during the
COVID-19 pandemic. People with these conditions experience distressing intrusive …

It is still debated whether suppressing the retrieval of unwanted memories causes forgetting
and whether this constitutes a beneficial mechanism. To shed light on these 2 questions, we …

The ability to control both what we remember and what is forgotten can enhance memory.
The present study used an item-method directed forgetting paradigm to investigate whether …

Over 2 decades ago, I proposed that memory errors could be classified into seven basic
categories or sins (Schacter, 1999, 2001), comprising three sins of omission (transience …

L'effet de production fait référence au fait que les mots lus à haute voix sont mieux
mémorisés que ceux lus en silence. Cette tendance a le plus souvent été expliquée comme …

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

Memoria, creatividad e imagen emergen como tres factores culturales clave en la historia y
el devenir de las civilizaciones. La memoria, extraordinario almacén de experiencias y …

Although older adults are often concerned about instances of forgetting, forgetting can be a
useful feature of our memory system. Specifically, strategically forgetting less important …