Self-Referential Information Alleviates Retrieval Inhibition of Directed Forgetting Effects—An ERP Evidence of Source Memory

Directed forgetting (DF) assists in preventing outdated information from interfering with cognitive processing. Previous studies pointed that self-referential items alleviated DF effects due to the elaboration of encoding processes. However, the retrieval mechanism of this phenomenon remains unknown...

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Main Authors: Xinrui Mao, Yujuan Wang, Yanhong Wu, Chunyan Guo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Subjects:
ERP
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnbeh.2017.00187/full