Training forgetting of negative material in depression.

Remembering the good, forgetting the bad: intentional forgetting of emotional material in depression.

The authors examined intentional forgetting of negative material in depression. Participants were instructed to not think about emotional nouns that they had learned to associate with a neutral cue word. The authors provided participants with multiple occasions to suppress the unwanted words. Overall, depressed participants successfully forgot negative words. Moreover, the authors obtained a cl...

Neural correlates underlying impaired memory facilitation and suppression of negative material in depression

Previous behavioral studies demonstrated that depressed individuals have difficulties in forgetting unwanted, especially negative, event. However, inconsistent results still exit and the neural mechanism of this phenomenon has not been investigated. This study examined the intentional memory facilitation/suppression of negative and neutral materials in depression using Think/No-Think paradigm. ...

Training the forgetting of negative material: The role of active suppression and the relation to stress reactivity

Forgetting numbers in old age: strategy and learning speed matter.

BACKGROUND Memory intervention research with older adults has primarily focused on immediate effects of training. Little is known about whether memory training can prevent forgetting of a learned material over time. OBJECTIVE The main purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of memory training on forgetting of numerical information in old age. In addition, the effect of speed of l...

The Effect of Cognitive-behavior Modification and Feeding Behavior on Serotonin Levels and Depression Symptoms

Background: Depression includes negative interpretations of events, dislike of the self, and negative appraisal of the future. Objectives: The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of educational programs of cognitive-behavior modification and feeding behavior on serotonin levels and depression symptoms in university students. Materials & Methods: This quasi-experimental study...