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Local context effects during emotional item directed forgetting in younger and older adults.
| Content Provider | World Health Organization (WHO)-Global Index Medicus |
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| Author | Gallant, Sara N. Dyson, Benjamin J. Yang, Lixia |
| Description | Country affiliation: Canada Author Affiliation: Gallant SN ( a Department of Psychology , Ryerson University , Toronto , Canada.); Dyson BJ ( b School of Psychology, University of Sussex , Falmer , UK.); Yang L ( a Department of Psychology , Ryerson University , Toronto , Canada.) |
| Abstract | This paper explored the differential sensitivity young and older adults exhibit to the local context of items entering memory. We examined trial-to-trial performance during an item directed forgetting task for positive, negative, and neutral (or baseline) words each cued as either to-be-remembered (TBR) or to-be-forgotten (TBF). This allowed us to focus on how variations in emotional valence (independent of arousal) and instruction (TBR vs. TBF) of the previous item (trial n-1) impacted memory for the current item (trial n) during encoding. Different from research showing impairing effects of emotional arousal, both age groups showed a memorial boost for stimuli when preceded by items high in positive or negative valence relative to those preceded by neutral items. This advantage was particularly prominent for neutral trial n items that followed emotional items suggesting that, regardless of age, neutral memories may be strengthened by a local context that is high in valence. A trending age difference also emerged with older adults showing greater sensitivity when encoding instructions changed between trial n-1 and n. Results are discussed in light of age-related theories of cognitive and emotional processing, highlighting the need to consider the dynamic, moment-to-moment fluctuations of these systems. |
| File Format | HTM / HTML |
| ISSN | 09658211 |
| e-ISSN | 14640686 |
| Journal | Memory |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
| Publisher Date | 2016-12-28 |
| Publisher Place | Great Britain (UK) |
| Access Restriction | One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) |
| Subject Keyword | Discipline Psychology |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Arts and Humanities Psychology |
