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motivated forgetting: a standalone construct

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Cognitive neuroscience

forgetting driven by goals, in which control processes in the prefrontal cortex inhibit retrieval or encoding of unwanted memories.

In cognitive neuroscience, motivated forgetting refers to forgetting driven by goals, in which control processes in the prefrontal cortex inhibit retrieval or encoding of unwanted memories. This meaning comes from Anderson (2014) in Trends in Cognitive Sciences.[1]

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References

Anderson, M. C., & Hanslmayr, S. (2014). Neural mechanisms of motivated forgetting. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 18(6), 279-292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2014.03.002

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