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

The memory literature has identified interference and inhibition as two major sources of
forgetting. While interference is generally considered to be a passive cause of forgetting …

Awe is an emotional response to perceptually vast stimuli that transcend one's current
frames of reference. The psychological form and function of awe differ between two types …

Learning-induced neuroplastic changes, further modulated by content and setting, are
mirrored in brain functional connectivity (FC). In animal models, selective serotonin reuptake …

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

This study presents subjective ratings for 3,022 Croatian words, which were evaluated on
two affective dimensions (valence and arousal) and one lexico-semantic variable …

Memory is susceptible to voluntary disruption, for instance, through directed forgetting
manipulations, in which people are cued to intentionally “forget” information. Until now …

The definition of episodic memory has evolved into a multifaceted concept that gathered
great attention in several research areas in psychology and neuroscience. Prospective …

This chapter considers what is known about how people forget things that they would prefer
not to remember. Motivated forgetting encompasses the term psychogenic amnesia, which …

Intentional forgetting (IF) is an important adaptive mechanism necessary for correct memory
functioning, optimal psychological wellbeing, and appropriate daily performance. Due to its …