Effects of emotion and semantic relatedness on recognition memory: Behavioral and electrophysiological evidence.

ABSTRACT: Some aspects of our memory are enhanced by emotion, whereas others can be unaffected or even hindered. Previous studies reported impaired associative memory of emotional content, an effect termed associative "emotional interference". The current study used EEG and an associative recognition paradigm to investigate the cognitive and neural mechanisms associated with this effect. In two experiments, participants studied negative and neutral stimulus-pairs that were either semantically related or unrelated. In Experiment 1 emotions were relevant to the encoding task (valence judgment) whereas in Experiment 2 emotions were irrelevant (familiarity judgment). In a subsequent associative recognition test, EEG was recorded while participants discriminated between intact, rearranged, and new pairs.

SUBMITTER: Han M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10078278 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature