该研究在两天内完成，采用一种叫做"想不想"的心理学方法，成功测试了73名男性是如何抑制记忆的。

First, the men learnt to associate pairs of neutral faces and unsettling images, such as injured people, crying children or corpses. Next, they were shown the faces again and told to either actively think of the associated picture or to consciously avoid thinking of it.

首先，受试者接受了将中性面孔与令人不安的图像联系起来的训练，比如受伤的人、哭泣的孩子或尸体。接着，他们会看到中性的面孔，并被告知可以主动想起相关联的图像，或者有意识地避免回忆起那些图像。

When this session was conducted just 30 minutes after the initial learning, the participants were 9% less likely to remember the images that they had avoided thinking about compared to control image pairs – the suppression had been effective.

当这个实验在初始培训后30分钟进行时，与对照组相比，9%的参与者不太会记起他们努力避免记起的图像，这就表明记忆抑制效果很明显。

However, when the suppression session was carried out 24 hours after the initial learning, after a good night's sleep, they were only 3% less likely to recall the image.

然而，当初始培训24小时后再进行该实验，人们在睡了一个好觉之后，只有3%的人不太会回忆起图像。

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