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Research from Yale University, Medical Department in the area of behavior research described
April 3rd, 2008
"Two studies tested the hypothesis that thought suppression could be a trait-based cognitive bias, resulting in paradoxical memory advantage. High-anxious (high trait-anxiety, low defensiveness), low-anxious (low trait-anxiety, low defensiveness), and repressors (low trait-anxiety, high defensiveness) observed emotionally evocative slides," scientists in the United States report. "Study 1 (N = 60) participants observed slides for (4 s) to facilitate elaboration or avoidance thereof. Study 2 participants (N = 62) viewed slides for 52-ms with pre- and post-mask (i.e., implicit encoding). Explicit encoding resulted in a significant group x slide valence interaction for...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-04-03)
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