RT Journal Article
T1 On the causal role of the right lateral prefrontal cortex in active forgetting
A1 Reyes-Vargas, María Aimée
A1 Pacios García, Javier
A1 Gómez Ariza, Carlos J.
AB Extensive research has demonstrated that people can intentionally forget by inhibiting the retrieval of unwanted memories, a phenomenon known as suppression-induced forgetting (SIF). Although neuroimaging studies have linked retrieval suppression to the right lateral prefrontal cortex (LPFC), direct evidence for the causal role of this region plays in supporting SIF is still lacking. In this registered report, our aim is putting to a strong empirical test such an idea by using cathodal transcranial direct current stimulation in a standard think/no-think procedure. Across two experiments, we will compare the SIF achieved by participants receiving cathodal transcranial direct current stimulation over the right LPFC—which has been shown to disrupt prefrontally mediated inhibitory control—with those receiving sham stimulation or cathodal stimulation over a control site. In addition, we will examine the lateralization of this effect by comparing stimulation of the right and left LPFC. Our results will provide novel and critical insights into the brain mechanisms of inhibitory control.
PB MIT Press
YR 2025
FD 2025
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/122372
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/122372
LA eng
NO María Aimée Reyes-Vargas, Carlos J. Gómez-Ariza, Javier Pacios; On the Causal Role of the Right Lateral Prefrontal Cortex in Active Forgetting. J Cogn Neurosci 2025; 37 (12): 2525–2537. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/JOCN.a.67
DS Docta Complutense
RD 9 abr 2026