How Memory Control Influences Unwanted Emotional Memories' Automatic Expressions

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Grant Data
Project Title
How Memory Control Influences Unwanted Emotional Memories' Automatic Expressions
Principal Investigator
Professor Hu, Xiaoqing   (Principal Investigator (PI))
Duration
36
Start Date
2018-01-01
Amount
704702
Conference Title
How Memory Control Influences Unwanted Emotional Memories' Automatic Expressions
Keywords
automatic memory expression, emotional memory, memory control, retrieval suppression, sleep
Discipline
PsychologyOthers - Psychology and Linguistics
Panel
Humanities & Social Sciences (H)
HKU Project Code
27610617
Grant Type
Early Career Scheme (ECS)
Funding Year
2017
Status
Completed
Objectives
1 To investigate how retrieval suppression of unwanted emotional memories influences explicit and implicit emotional memory processes. 2 To test whether the retrieval suppression of emotional memories can causally reduce real-life involuntary memory intrusions and to study the underlying neurocognitive mechanisms. 3 To investigate whether sleep can aid in retrieval suppression of emotional memories in reducing real-life involuntary memory intrusions.