Directed forgetting effect is the phenomenon that our memory has the ability of selectiveness, and we perform better for to be remembered items.

定向遗忘效应就是指人能够进行选择性的记忆或遗忘，并进而影响各自的记忆成绩。

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The directed forgetting effect has been well verified in many researches using traditional tasks (explicit memory tests). However, the effect on implicit tests appears to be less clear and discrepant.

定向遗忘的研究大多是采用外显记忆测验的任务展开，运用内隐记忆测验的研究却很少，而且研究的结果差异也非常显著。

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