When individuals suppress secret information, they should keep this omission in mind to not let this information slip out in future situations. Following recent findings about automatic memory retrieval of outright lies, we hypothesized that suppression tendencies are also automatically retrieved from memory when being confronted with a question to which one has previously omitted secret information. In an online study, participants first had to withhold information about a fictitious love affair during a simulated chat with their relationship partner. To assess automatic suppression tendencies, we developed an indirect response time measure wherein a key that had previously been established to indicate suppression now had to be pressed in response to word stimuli that were presented in a specific color. We found implicit suppression tendencies for words that had been withheld during the interview if they were presented following the prime that involved the question which the secret answer referred to. The question primes or the secret information alone did not elicit a suppression tendency, indicating that suppression responses were automatically retrieved from memory after re-encountering the combination of the question and the critical answer. The results are discussed regarding the theoretical implications for automatic memory processes.

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如何记住你没有说的东西。

当个人隐瞒秘密信息时，他们应该牢记这种遗漏，以免这些信息在未来的情况下泄露。根据最近关于彻底谎言的自动记忆检索的发现，我们假设当面对一个以前忽略秘密信息的问题时，抑制倾向也会自动从记忆中检索。在一项在线研究中，参与者首先必须在与他们的伴侣进行模拟聊天时隐瞒有关虚构爱情的信息。为了评估自动抑制倾向，我们开发了一种间接响应时间测量方法，其中先前建立的表示抑制的键现在必须按下以响应以特定颜色呈现的单词刺激。我们发现，如果在涉及秘密答案所指问题的素数之后出现的词在采访中被隐瞒了的话，它们会出现隐含的抑制倾向。单独的问题启动或秘密信息并没有引起抑制倾向，表明在重新遇到问题和关键答案的组合后，抑制反应是自动从记忆中检索出来的。讨论了有关自动记忆过程的理论意义的结果。表明在重新遇到问题和关键答案的组合后，抑制反应会自动从记忆中检索出来。讨论了有关自动记忆过程的理论意义的结果。表明在重新遇到问题和关键答案的组合后，抑制反应会自动从记忆中检索出来。讨论了有关自动记忆过程的理论意义的结果。