The Inhibition Process of Directed Forgetting Under Different Short-Term SOA Conditions

Abstract

Abstract: The dual-task method of detection reaction and directed forgetting was adopted, and the inhibitory processing of directed forgetting within 1s was explored. Experiment 1 investigated the relationship between resource consumptions of TBF items and the TBR items under different short-term SOA conditions. Under conditions of 400 ms or 800 ms, the subjects processed the items based on the F or R clue, then judged the direction of the detection arrow. Experiment 2 employed the blank screen to replace the R clue to control the subjects to adopt the “wait-and-see” strategy. The results demonstrated that, under SOA condition of 400 ms, the resource consumptions for inhibiting TBF items and maintaining TBR items were almost equivalent. Under SOA condition of 800 ms, the resource consumptions for inhibiting TBF items processing in Experiment 1 were markedly higher. However, the resource consumptions for maintaining TBR items in Experiment 2 increased. The research results further expanded the idea of attention inhibition.

Key words: directed forgetting, items-method, inhibition mechanism, “wait and see” strategy

摘要： 采用探测反应和定向遗忘的双任务方法，探讨1 s以内定向遗忘的抑制加工过程。实验1考察不同短时程SOA条件下，TBF项目和TBR项目的资源耗费关系。被试在400 ms或800 ms条件下根据F或者R线索加工项目，随后判断探测箭头的方向。实验2用空屏代替R线索，以控制被试采取“等且看”策略。结果表明：在400 ms的SOA条件下，抑制TBF项目与维持TBR项目的资源耗费几近相等。在800 ms的SOA条件下，实验1中抑制TBF项目加工的资源耗费更多，而实验2中维持TBR项目的资源耗费增加。研究进一步拓展了注意抑制的观点。

关键词: 定向遗忘, 项目法, 抑制机制, “等且看”策略

CLC Number:

B842

WANG Mengying, TONG Yuguang, GAO Heming. The Inhibition Process of Directed Forgetting Under Different Short-Term SOA Conditions[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2021, 19(3): 319-325.

王梦颖, 仝宇光, 高贺明. 不同短时程SOA下定向遗忘的抑制加工过程[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2021, 19(3): 319-325.

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