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From repression and attention to culture and automaticity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 December 2006

Amir Raz*
Affiliation:
Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute and University of British Columbia, VGH Research Pavilion, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6H 3Z6, Canada
Horacio Fabrega Jr*
Affiliation:
University of Pittsburgh, Department of Psychiatry, Pittsburgh, PA15216

Abstract:

Erdelyi grants “repression” emotional and cognitive qualities that can modulate consciousness and probably overlap with what is typically attributed to “attention.” Such a broad appellation of repression explains virtually all behavior and lacks specificity. Repression and attention elucidate behavior in different clinical, cognitive, and cultural contexts. Refining these influences, we identify a few lacunae in Erdelyi's account.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006

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1. Emotion regulation can be a form of self-regulation but it could also be induced by the actions of others.