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Trait anxiety, working memory capacity, and the effectiveness of memory suppression

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Summary, in English

Trait anxiety, working memory capacity, and the effectiveness of memory suppression. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. We aimed at replicating the finding that humans are able to suppress unwanted memories, and tested whether this ability varies with individual differences in working memory capacity, trait anxiety and defensiveness. In a think/no-think experiment, participants either recalled or suppressed previously learned words for 0, 8 or 16 times. Suppression did not have an overall detrimental effect on later recall performance. However, higher recall rates after repeated suppression were exclusively predicted by higher trait anxiety. These results are discussed in relation to current theories on anxiety and executive control.

Publishing year

2011

Language

English

Pages

21-27

Publication/Series

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volume

52

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Topic

  • Psychology

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1467-9450