Intentional retrieval suppression can conceal guilty knowledge in ERP memory detection tests

Biological Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-11

  Bergström, Zara M ^a   Anderson, Michael C ^b,c   Buda, Marie ^c   Simons, Jon S ^c   Richardson Klavehn, Alan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Episodic retrieval; Event Related Potentials; Guilty knowledge; Memory suppression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MALE; MEMORY DETECTION TEST; MEMORY RETRIEVAL SUPPRESSION; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RECALL;

COGNITIVE CONTROL; EPISODIC RETRIEVAL; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS; GUILTY KNOWLEDGE; MEMORY SUPPRESSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; REPRESSION, PSYCHOLOGY; ROC CURVE; VERBAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878344656     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2013.04.012     Document Type: Article

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