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Enhanced memory for emotional pictures: A product of increased attention to affective stimuli?
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Humphreys, Louise, Underwood, Geoffrey and Chapman, Peter (2010) Enhanced memory for emotional pictures: A product of increased attention to affective stimuli? European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, Vol.22 (No.8). pp. 1235-1247. doi:10.1080/09541440903427487 ISSN 0954-1446.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09541440903427487
Abstract
The current experiment addressed the question, is enhanced memory for emotional pictures due to increased attention to affective stimuli? Participants viewed pairs of pictures (emotional-neutral or neutral-neutral) whilst their eye movements were recorded; participants had to decide which picture out of each pair they preferred. There was increased attention to positive pictures and decreased attention to negative images during picture viewing. Despite this, when a recognition test was given 1 week later, memory enhancements were found for negative pictures only. Moreover, although there was a general correlation between total inspection time and memory performance, this reliability was clear only for neutral pictures, and not for emotional images. The results suggest that memory advantages for emotional pictures can occur without increased attention to such images.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > WMG (Formerly the Warwick Manufacturing Group) | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | European Journal of Cognitive Psychology | ||||
Publisher: | Psychology Press | ||||
ISSN: | 0954-1446 | ||||
Official Date: | 2010 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.22 | ||||
Number: | No.8 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 1235-1247 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1080/09541440903427487 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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