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Memory for Emotional Content and Context: Insights from Event-Related Potential (ERP) Studies

A Mecklinger, M Johansson · Klinische Neurophysiologie · 2004 · Heft 08

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Zeitschrift
Klinische Neurophysiologie
Autor:innen
A Mecklinger, M Johansson
Ausgabe
Heft 08 / 2004
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–
Erschienen: 2004-08-25 00:00:00
ISSN
1434-0275
DOI
10.1055/s-2004-832089

Zusammenfassung

A large number of studies has highlighted the modulatory role of emotion on memory. While studies of free recall have consistently revealed an emotion-induced memory enhancement, studies of recognition memory have produced mixed results in this respect. A series of ERP memory studies using either faces with emotional affects or emotional objects and scenes as stimulus materials will be presented. It will be shown how emotional valence and arousal modulate recollection and familiarity, the two subprocesses for recognition memory, as well as other cognitive processes, i.e., decision behavior. A second series of st…

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Memory Studies Emotional Context Potential Revealed Recognition Series Source Events Content Insights Klinische Neurophysiologie