Abstract
Cognitive inhibition is a contested but influential construct for explaining how the mind suppresses irrelevant information — MacLeod (2005) introduces the concept and its empirical landscape for memory research.
MacLeod, C. M. (2005). The concept of inhibition in cognition. In D. S. Gorfein & C. M. MacLeod (Eds.), Inhibition in cognition (pp. 3–23). American Psychological Association. DOI
Key findings
- Construct introduction: — Sets out issues in empirical study and theoretical understanding of cognitive inhibition — not neural inhibition or motor-response inhibition.
- Negative priming impetus: — Renewed interest driven by negative-priming phenomena and influential edited volumes (Dagenbach & Carr, 1994; Dempster & Brainerd, 1995).
Application
When when searching for a red object, prior exposure to a red distractor slows response (negative priming) — inhibition theories attribute this to active suppression of the distractor representation — open this cite for the study behind the move.