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

Pioneering research studies, beginning with those using Drosophila, have identified several
molecular and cellular mechanisms for active forgetting. The currently known mechanisms …

In two Bayesian meta-analyses, we investigated associations between Sensory Processing
Sensitivity (SPS) and the Big Five personality traits (MA1) as well as both Positive and …

Human Memory, 4th edition, provides a comprehensive overview of research and theory on
human memory. Written in an engaging style, the book is divided into three sections …

Forgetting is often considered a fundamental cognitive failure, reflecting the undesirable and
potentially embarrassing inability to retrieve a sought-after experience or fact. For this …

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 …

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

The production effect refers to the finding that words read aloud are better remembered than
words read silently. This finding is typically attributed to the presence of additional …

Interference disrupts information processing across many timescales, from immediate
perception to memory over short and long durations. The widely held similarity assumption …

The production effect refers to the finding that participants better remember items read aloud
than items read silently. This pattern has been attributed to aloud items being relatively more …