Taxing working memory during retrieval of emotional memories does not reduce memory accessibility when cued with reminders

Earlier studies have shown that when individuals recall an emotional memory while simultaneously doing a demanding dual-task (e.g., playing Tetris, mental arithmetic, making eye movements), this reduces self-reported vividness and emotionality of the memory. These effects have been found up to one w...

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Main Authors: Kevin eVan Schie, Iris M Engelhard, Marcel A van den Hout
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyt.2015.00016/full