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autobiographical think/no-think task  

Definition

  • Variation of the Think/No-Think task involving autobiographical memories. Subjects are first asked to generate positive and negative memories from word cues. They are then asked to think about some of these memories and not to think about the others.

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • ATNT
  • autobiographical TNT

Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • FengYing Lu, WenJing Yang, & Jiang Qiu. (2023). Neural bases of motivated forgetting of autobiographical memories. Cognitive Neuroscience, 14(1), 15–24. https://doi.org/10.1080/17588928.2022.2136150

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

  • • Noreen, S., & MacLeod, M. D. (2013). It’s all in the detail : Intentional forgetting of autobiographical memories using the autobiographical think/no-think task. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 39(2), 375‑393. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0028888

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

  • • Noreen, S., & MacLeod, M. D. (2014). To think or not to think, that is the question: Individual differences in suppression and rebound effects in autobiographical memory. Acta Psychologica, 145, 84–97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2013.10.011

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

  • • Stephens, E., Braid, A., & Hertel, P. T. (2013). Suppression-induced reduction in the specificity of autobiographical memories. Clinical Psychological Science, 1(2), 163–169. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167702612467773

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-MJRRB9G2-B

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