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Nature 410, 319-320 (15 March 2001) | doi:10.1038/35066672
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Cognitive neuroscience: Repression revisited
Martin A. Conway
Abstract
The idea that unwanted memories can be repressed has been controversial. An adaptation of an old technique provides an unambiguous model for exploring memory repression in the laboratory.
The concept of repressing unwanted memories is central to psychoanalytic theory, and Freud, in a definition memorable for its clarity, wrote "the essence of repression lies simply in turning something away, and keeping it at a distance from the conscious"1. Freud provided many examples of memory repression from clinical cases, and documented its effects in day-to-day behaviour2.
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