Instruction to forget leads [corrected] to emotional devaluation.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate if the interaction between emotion and memory is bidirectional. Specifically we tested if intentional forgetting of words and faces would lead to their subsequent emotional devaluation.

Method: In three experiments we combined an item-method directed forgetting paradigm with an emotional evaluation task.

The impact of different fluence rates on pain and clinical outcome in patients with actinic keratoses treated with photodynamic therapy.

Background/purpose: Literature data suggest that lower fluence rates are preferable in terms of clinical response and tolerability for treating patients with actinic keratoses (AKs). We aimed to clarify the impact of different fluence rates on pain during photodynamic therapy (PDT) for AKs, as well as on treatment outcome.

Methods: Individuals with at least three discrete AKs were recruited.