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Selectivity and stages of processing—An enduring controversy in attentional theory: A review

The relationship between attentional selectivity and stages of processing, or levels of stimulus analysis, has been a long-running controversy for attentional theory. Although the debate between early selection and late selection theory is more than two decades old, a clear theoretical resolution is still not apparent in the literature. The aim of this review is to review evidence attending this issue, and clarify the current status of this important question. The evidence is classified in terms of five general experimental questions. It is concluded that broad versions of both early and late selection are incorrect in important respects, that the common framework within which both kinds of theory are articulated is unsound, and that the evidence requires clear theoretical acknowledgment of the multilevel nature of selective attention.     

Forget about the future: effects of thought suppression on memory for imaginary emotional episodes

Whether intentional suppression of an unpleasant or unwanted memory reduces the ability to recall that memory subsequently is a contested issue in contemporary memory research. Building on findings that similar processes are recruited when individuals remember the past and imagine the future, we measured the effects of thought suppression on memory for imagined future scenarios. Thought suppression reduced the ability to recall emotionally negative scenarios, but not those that were emotionally positive. This finding suggests that intentionally avoiding thoughts about emotionally negative episodes may inhibit representations of those memories, progressively reducing their availability to recall.     

Expressing gratitude to a partner leads to more relationship maintenance behavior

We proposed that expressing gratitude would increase positive perception of a relationship partner, thereby increasing comfort in expressing relationship concerns, which is a form of relationship maintenance. Study 1 (n = 159) showed a relationship between naturally occurring expressions of gratitude and comfort in voicing relationship concerns. Study 2 (n = 178) provided longitudinal evidence for direction of effects because Time 1 gratitude expression predicted Time 2 comfort in voicing relationship concerns, controlling for baseline comfort in voicing relationship concerns. Study 3 (n = 225) showed that expressing gratitude to a friend did increase voicing relationship concerns, compared with positive thought and neutral control conditions. In Study 4 (n = 74), we explored the mechanism through a longitudinal, experimental design and found that participants assigned to express gratitude reported higher comfort voicing concerns and more positive perception of partner than did control participants. Moreover, positive perception of partner mediated the relationship between condition and comfort in voicing relationship concerns.