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- Title
Effects of Emotional Contents on Explicit Memory Process.
- Authors
Khairudin, R.; Givi, Mozhgan Valipour; Shahrazad, W. S. Wan; Nasir, R.; Halim, F. W.
- Abstract
In two experiments, a recognition test was used to investigate the effects of emotional words and pictures on explicit memory. In Experiment 1, participants viewed a list of positive, negative, and neutral pictures and in Experiment 2, a list of positive, negative, and neutral words was shown to participants. A recognition test was conducted after a 30 minute interval. Results showed that pictures were remembered better than words. Positive emotional contents had an advantage in explicit memory when compared to negative contents. There was also evidence to suggest that explicit memory was suppressed when contents were negative. The findings provided evidence for the significant role of valence on explicit memory recognition processes.
- Subjects
EMOTIONS; EXPLICIT memory; RECOGNITION (Psychology); EMOTIONAL environment; PARTICIPANT observation
- Publication
Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities, 2011, Vol 19, p17
- ISSN
0128-7702
- Publication type
Article