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Why are we not flooded by involuntary thoughts about past and future? : testing the cognitive inhibition dependency hypothesis
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Why are we not flooded by involuntary thoughts about past and future? : testing the cognitive inhibition dependency hypothesis
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| title: | Why are we not flooded by involuntary thoughts about past and future? : testing the cognitive inhibition dependency hypothesis |
| author: | Barzykowski Krystian  , Radel Rémi, Niedźwieńska Agnieszka , Kvavilashvili Lia |
| journal title: | Psychological Research |
| volume: | 83 |
| issue: | 4 |
| date of publication : | 2019 |
| pages: | 666-683 |
| ISSN: |
0340-0727 |
| eISSN: |
1430-2772 |
| DOI: | |
| language: | English |
| journal language: | English |
| abstract in English: | In everyday life, involuntary thoughts about future plans and events occur as often as involuntary thoughts about the past. However, compared to involuntary autobiographical memories (IAMs), such episodic involuntary future thoughts (IFTs) have become a focus of study only recently. The aim of the present investigation was to examine why we are not constantly flooded by IFTs and IAMs given that they are often triggered by incidental cues while performing undemanding activities. One possibility is that activated thoughts are suppressed by the inhibitory control mechanism, and therefore depleting inhibitory control should enhance the frequency of both IFTs and IAMs. We report an experiment with a between-subjects design, in which participants in the depleted inhibition condition performed a 60-min high-conflict Stroop task before completing a laboratory vigilance task measuring the frequency of IFTs and IAMs. Participants in the intact inhibition condition performed a version of the Stroop task that did not deplete inhibitory control. To control for physical and mental fatigue resulting from performing the 60-min Stroop tasks in experimental conditions, participants in the control condition completed only the vigilance task. Contrary to predictions, the number of IFTs and IAMs reported during the vigilance task, using the probe-caught method, did not differ across conditions. However, manipulation checks showed that participants’ inhibitory resources were reduced in the depleted inhibition condition, and participants were more tired in the experimental than in the control conditions. These initial findings suggest that neither inhibitory control nor physical and mental fatigue affect the frequency of IFTs and IAMs |
| keywords in English: | autobiographical memory, inhibition, cognitive control, involuntary future thoughts, involuntary memories, mental time travel |
| affiliation: | Wydział Filozoficzny : Instytut Psychologii |
| type: | journal article |
| subtype: | academic paper |
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