This result contrasts with previous findings that repeatedly suppressing retrieval in response to a reminder can significantly impair recall performance of the avoided memories compared to baseline (e.g. Anderson & Green, 2001; Anderson et al., 2004; Bergström et al., 2009b; Depue et al., 2007).
However, these findings have been interpreted as voluntary suppression of the ERP marker of episodic recollection, which is specifically correlated with the amount of episodic detail that is consciously recollected in response to a reminder (e.g. Vilberg, Moosavi, & Rugg, 2006; see Rugg & Curran, 2007, for review).
And it's precisely this argument that's been marshaled lately in response to a new reminder of the fleshly realities of abortion: The conversations, videotaped covertly by pro-life activists posing as fetal organ buyers, in which officials from Planned Parenthood cheerfully discuss the procedures for extracting those organs intact during an abortion and the prices they command.
The facility for patients to reply or call in response to an SMS reminder to cancel their appointment can help to reduce the non-attendance rates and free up appointments for other patients, which otherwise may be lost.
Every time a major league player flips a baseball into the stands in response to a fan's request, it is a reminder of the strike that shortened the 1994 season and wiped out that year's entire postseason.
How to manage the shame, the revulsion, the fears that arise in response to every reminder of the fact that we're animals — this is the perpetual question, and each era, each culture, finds its own response.
Shin et al. [ 17] observed a correlation between increased amygdala function and decreased mPFC function in response to traumatic reminders, indicating that a dysfunctional mPFC might fail to inhibit an overresponsive amygdala in PTSD.
But when they are "cool" — more reflective, as in response to chronic reminders, the kinds, for example, firefighters face — those workers would be more likely to "reflect on the meaning of life and their potential contributions".
