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Inhibitory effects of thought substitution in the think/no-think task: Evidence from independent cues

del Prete, Francesco, Hanczakowski, MacIej ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8980-4918, Bajo, Maria Teresa and Mazzoni, Giuliana 2015. Inhibitory effects of thought substitution in the think/no-think task: Evidence from independent cues. Memory 23 (4) , pp. 507-517. 10.1080/09658211.2014.907429

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Abstract

When people try not to think about a certain item, they can accomplish this goal by using a thought substitution strategy and think about something else. Research conducted with the think/no-think (TNT) paradigm indicates that such strategy leads subsequently to forgetting the information participants tried not to think about. The present study pursued two goals. First, it investigated the mechanism of forgetting due to thought substitution, contrasting the hypothesis by which forgetting is due to blocking caused by substitutes with the hypothesis that forgetting is due to inhibition (using an independent cue methodology). Second, a boundary condition for forgetting due to thought substitution was examined by creating conditions under which the generation of appropriate substitutes would be impaired. In two experiments, participants completed a TNT task under thought substitution instructions in which either words or pseudo-words were used as original cues and memory was assessed with original and independent cues. The results revealed forgetting in both original and independent cue tests, supporting the inhibitory account of thought substitution, but only when cues were words, and not when they were non-words, pointing to the ineffectiveness of a thought substitution strategy when original cues lack semantic content.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Psychology
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISSN: 0965-8211
Date of Acceptance: 17 March 2014
Last Modified: 25 Oct 2022 09:26
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/58452

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