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Psychological mechanism underlying directed forgetting of emotional memory |
LIU Zongying1, YUAN yuan2, GU Haixia1, HE Xiao3 |
1. Institute of Applied Psychology, School of Public Administration, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, Jiangsu Province, China; 2. Rehabilitation Science School, Nanjing Normal University of Special Education, Nanjing 210038, Jiangsu Province, China; 3. School of Marxism, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, Zhejiang Province, China |
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Abstract Directed forgetting of emotional memory tends to keep in mind some affective events (words and pictures)which want to be remembered. The current study, based on review of the research literature, summarizes the general characteristic and the psychological mechanism for different people in the directed forgetting field. Moreover, the disadvantages of previous studies are discussed and future research direction is advised.
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