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

In many circumstances alternative courses of action and thoughts have to be inhibited to
allow the emergence of goal-directed behavior. However, this has not been the accepted …

The latest groundbreaking, interdisciplinary work from one of our most eloquent and
significant writers about emotion and the brain. An exploration into the adaptive functions of …

Some have claimed that the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) mediates decision making.
Others suggest mPFC is selectively involved in the retrieval of remote long-term memory. Yet …

Not all memories are equally welcome in awareness. People limit the time they spend
thinking about unpleasant experiences, a process that begins during encoding, but that …

Can purely psychological trauma lead to a complete blockage of autobiographical
memories? This long-standing question about the existence of repressed memories has …

The relationship between a reported history of trauma and dissociative symptoms has been
explained in 2 conflicting ways. Pathological dissociation has been conceptualized as a …

INTRODUCTION One of the fundamental questions in clinical neuroscience is why some
individuals can cope with traumatic events, while others remain traumatized by a haunting …

In this article we argue that self-deception evolved to facilitate interpersonal deception by
allowing people to avoid the cues to conscious deception that might reveal deceptive intent …

Involuntary images and visual memories are prominent in many types of psychopathology.
Patients with posttraumatic stress disorder, other anxiety disorders, depression, eating …