Being able to
dynamically control accessibility to memories enables humans to flexibly adapt
to their environment. When this control fails we become acutely aware of
emotionally painful reminders of past events.
Individuals
suffering from some psychiatric conditions are plagued by intrusive,
uncontrollable thoughts and ruminations of such memories. To gain a better
understanding of this pathos, it is first
essential to investigate the neural pathways that allow for control over memory
accessibility in the non-psychiatric brain.
To do so, a
review of the neuroimaging Think/ No-Think literature is used to provide
possible brain regions that contribute to the control over memory
accessibility.
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