Valenced cues and contexts have different effects on event-based prospective memory.

ABSTRACT: This study examined the separate influence and joint influences on event-based prospective memory task performance due to the valence of cues and the valence of contexts. We manipulated the valence of cues and contexts with pictures from the International Affective Picture System. The participants, undergraduate students, showed higher performance when neutral compared to valenced pictures were used for cueing prospective memory. In addition, neutral pictures were more effective as cues when they occurred in a valenced context than in the context of neutral pictures, but the effectiveness of valenced cues did not vary across contexts that differed in valence. The finding of an interaction between cue and context valence indicates that their respective influence on event-based prospective m

SUBMITTER: Graf P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4315430 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature