Controlled memory suppression is the direct cognitive control for memory which is applied consciously in an attempt to reduce the retrieval of certain memories; however, repression implies unconscious inhibition of memory. Repression, described as an executive control process which acts on the possibility of risky or threatening memories concludes that the DLPFC transforms suppression attained via other PFC areas into repression. (Ceylan & Saym, 2012) In other words, the threatening information taken into conscious awareness is therefore placed in the unconscious area of the psyche to cause difficulty for future remembrance. …show more content…
Scientific evidence suggests that the structural, functional, and neuro-anatomical differentiation along the sub regions of the DLPFC is not the final region in the repression process. (Ceylan & Saym, 2012) Ceylan and Saym hypothesize that because of its high level of organizational structure the caudal region of the DLPFC appears to be the most likely choice. Therefore assuming that repression begins in the caudal DLPFC, the projections from the hippocampus to the neocortex are inhibited and memory retrieval cannot be reactivated. (Ceylan & Saym,