The role of attention and relatedness in emotionally enhanced memory

Deborah Talmi; Ulrich Schimmack; Theone Paterson; Morris Moscovitch

doi:10.1037/1528-3542.7.1.89

The role of attention and relatedness in emotionally enhanced memory

Deborah Talmi, Ulrich Schimmack, Theone Paterson, Morris Moscovitch

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Abstract

Examining the positive and negative pictures separately revealed that emotionally enhanced memory (EEM) for positive pictures was mediated by attention, with no significant influence of emotional arousal, whereas the reverse was true of negative pictures. Consistent with this finding, in Experiment 2 EEM for negative pictures was found even when task emphasis was manipulated so that equivalent attention was allocated to negative and neutral pictures. The results show that attention and semantic relatedness contribute to EEM, with the extent varying with emotional valence. Negative emotion can influence memory independently of these 2 factors. © 2007 APA, all rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	89-102
Number of pages	13
Journal	Emotion
Volume	7
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/1528-3542.7.1.89
Publication status	Published - Feb 2007

Keywords

Attention
Divided attention
Emotion
Memory
Semantic relatedness

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