Remembering emotions

Question 1

Emotional content

Answer 1

Either pos or neg, if there’s emotional content its remembered better.

In the graph w arousal and valence, the d’ (how well its memorized) is higher when its more positive or negative

Question 2

Memory experiment

Answer 2

Intentional; Know its a memory task
- Proportion of correctly remembered items dit not differ significantly dependent on the valence (neg or pos) but they’re better than neutral.

Incidental; implicit questions, not aware of memory
- Greater difference between emotional content and neutral stimulus.

Question 3

Suppressing emotions

Answer 3

Actively/consciously trying to suppress emotion.
- When they had to suppress, the recall performance was worse

Question 4

Flashbulb memory

Answer 4

Vivid memories that are associated with high emotional value
- Can be positive or negative
- Prone to errors (bits and pieces, filled in by the brain)

Amygdala damage;
- Less flashbulb memories

Question 5

Retrieving emotional autobiography

Answer 5

fMRI study measured amygdala activation
Participants were asked to recall the same pleasant and unpleasent autobiographical events repeatedly (4x)

Due to the repetition, the response reduces (amygdala not activated) = repetition suppression effect