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.
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Conway, M. Repression revisited. Nature 410, 319–320 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35066672
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