Effect of Depression on Forgetting of Negative Episodic Future Thinking

Abstract

This study examined whether retrieval of positive events induced forgetting of negative events of episodic future thinking, and the effects of depression on forgetting of negative episodic future thinking. As a result, we found that retrieval-induced forgetting of negative events occurred only in the non-depressed group. From this result, we concluded that positive retrieval may induce negative events' forgetting of episodic future thinking, and depression may interfere with forgetting of negative episodic future thinking.