Reconsidering thought suppression and ironic processing: implications for clinical treatment of traumatic memories

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1496134

. 2024 Dec 11:15:1496134.

doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1496134. eCollection 2024.

Reconsidering thought suppression and ironic processing: implications for clinical treatment of traumatic memories

Zulkayda Mamat^{1

2}, Daniel A Levy^{3

4}, Peter J Bayley^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ War Related Illness and Injury Study Center, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, United States.
² Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States.
³ Department of Psychology, Palo Alto University, Palo Alto, CA, United States.
⁴ Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology, Reichman University, Herzliya, Israel.

PMID: 39723401
PMCID: PMC11669253
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1496134

Reconsidering thought suppression and ironic processing: implications for clinical treatment of traumatic memories

Zulkayda Mamat et al. Front Psychol. 2024.

. 2024 Dec 11:15:1496134.

doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1496134. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Zulkayda Mamat^{1

2}, Daniel A Levy^{3

4}, Peter J Bayley^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ War Related Illness and Injury Study Center, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, United States.
² Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States.
³ Department of Psychology, Palo Alto University, Palo Alto, CA, United States.
⁴ Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology, Reichman University, Herzliya, Israel.

PMID: 39723401
PMCID: PMC11669253
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1496134

No abstract available

Keywords: cognitive control; direct suppression; intrusive thoughts; ironic process theory; ironic rebound effect; memory suppression; thought suppression; unwanted thoughts.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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[1] Anderson M. C., Green C. (2001). Suppressing unwanted memories by executive control. Nature 410, 366–369. 10.1038/35066572 - DOI - PubMed

[2] Anderson M. C., Green C. (2001). Suppressing unwanted memories by executive control. Nature 410, 366–369. 10.1038/35066572 - DOI - PubMed

[3] Anderson M. C., Hulbert J. C. (2021). Active forgetting: adaptation of memory by prefrontal control. Annu. Rev. Psychol. 72, 1–36. 10.1146/annurev-psych-072720-094140 - DOI - PubMed

[4] Anderson M. C., Hulbert J. C. (2021). Active forgetting: adaptation of memory by prefrontal control. Annu. Rev. Psychol. 72, 1–36. 10.1146/annurev-psych-072720-094140 - DOI - PubMed

[5] Apšvalka D., Ferreira C. S., Schmitz T. W., Rowe J. B., Anderson M. C. (2022). Dynamic targeting enables domain-general inhibitory control over action and thought by the prefrontal cortex. Nat. Commun. 13:274. 10.1038/s41467-021-27926-w - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[6] Apšvalka D., Ferreira C. S., Schmitz T. W., Rowe J. B., Anderson M. C. (2022). Dynamic targeting enables domain-general inhibitory control over action and thought by the prefrontal cortex. Nat. Commun. 13:274. 10.1038/s41467-021-27926-w - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[7] Bailey N. W., Freedman G., Raj K., Sullivan C. M., Rogasch N. C., Chung S. W., et al. . (2019). Mindfulness meditators show altered distributions of early and late neural activity markers of attention in a response inhibition task. PLOS ONE 14:e0203096. 10.1371/journal.pone.0203096 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[8] Bailey N. W., Freedman G., Raj K., Sullivan C. M., Rogasch N. C., Chung S. W., et al. . (2019). Mindfulness meditators show altered distributions of early and late neural activity markers of attention in a response inhibition task. PLOS ONE 14:e0203096. 10.1371/journal.pone.0203096 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[9] Battista F., Mangiulli I., Patihis L., Dodier O., Curci A., Lanciano T., et al. . (2023). A scientometric and descriptive review on the debate about repressed memories and traumatic forgetting. J. Anxiety Disord. 97:102733. 10.1016/j.janxdis.2023.102733 - DOI - PubMed

[10] Battista F., Mangiulli I., Patihis L., Dodier O., Curci A., Lanciano T., et al. . (2023). A scientometric and descriptive review on the debate about repressed memories and traumatic forgetting. J. Anxiety Disord. 97:102733. 10.1016/j.janxdis.2023.102733 - DOI - PubMed

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