记忆提取抑制的认知与神经机制：行为与神经影像研究
Cognitive and Neural Mechanisms of Retrieval Suppression: Evidence from Behavioral and Neuroimaging Studies
摘要: 主动抑制不希望回忆的记忆提取被称为记忆提取抑制，通常通过Think/No-Think (TNT)范式进行研究。围绕抑制诱导性遗忘(Suppression-Induced Forgetting, SIF)的产生机制，目前主要存在抑制假说与干扰假说两种解释。本文综述了基于TNT范式的行为研究与神经影像证据。现有研究总体支持抑制假说，即记忆提取抑制依赖执行控制系统对目标记忆表征的主动抑制。神经影像学研究表明，该过程涉及前额叶控制网络对海马自上而下的调控，从而降低与记忆提取相关的海马体活动。未来研究应进一步探讨奖赏相关记忆中提取抑制的机制，以及抑制控制网络与不同记忆表征系统之间的神经协调作用。
Abstract: Memory retrieval suppression refers to the voluntary inhibition of unwanted memories from entering awareness, and it is commonly investigated using the Think/No-Think (TNT) paradigm. Two main theoretical accounts have been proposed to explain the mechanism underlying suppression-induced forgetting (SIF): the inhibition hypothesis and the interference hypothesis. This review summarizes behavioral and neuroimaging evidence from studies using the TNT paradigm. Overall, existing findings tend to support the inhibition hypothesis, suggesting that memory retrieval suppression relies on executive control processes that actively suppress target memory representations. Neuroimaging studies further indicate that this process involves top-down regulation from the prefrontal control network to the hippocampus, which reduces hippocampal activity associated with memory retrieval. Future research should further examine the mechanisms of retrieval suppression in reward-related memories and the neural coordination between inhibitory control networks and different memory systems.
文章引用：堵松玮 (2026). 记忆提取抑制的认知与神经机制：行为与神经影像研究. 心理学进展, 16(4), 52-62. https://doi.org/10.12677/ap.2026.164173

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