The hyperaccessibility of suppressed thoughts.
Journal of Personality and Social PsychologyPublished 1 December 1992
Daniel M. Wegner, Ralph Erber
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Abstract
The accessibility of suppressed thoughts was compared with the accessibility of thoughts on which Ss were consciously trying to concentrate. In Experiment 1, Ss made associations to word prompts as they tried to suppress thinking about a target word (e.g., house) or tried to concentrate on that word. Under the cognitive load imposed by time pressure, they gave the target word in response to target-related prompts (e.g., home) more often during suppression than during concentration
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