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Learning from repression: Emotional memory and emotional numbing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 December 2006

Nick Medford*
Affiliation:
Division of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, DeCrespigny Park, LondonSE5 8AF, United Kingdomhttp://www.iop.kcl.ac.ukhttp://www.iop.kcl.ac.uk/iopweb/departments/home/?locator=911&context=main
Anthony S. David*
Affiliation:
Division of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, DeCrespigny Park, LondonSE5 8AF, United Kingdomhttp://www.iop.kcl.ac.ukhttp://www.iop.kcl.ac.uk/iopweb/departments/home/?locator=911&context=main

Abstract:

Erdelyi argues persuasively for his unified theory of repression. Beyond this, what can studying repression bring to our understanding of other aspects of emotional function? Here we consider ways in which work on repression might inform the study of, on one hand, emotional memory, and on the other, the emotional numbing seen in patients with chronic persistent depersonalization symptoms.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006

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