Human Emotional Memory and the Amygdala: Arousal-Mediated Memory for Specific Word Types
Abstract
This pilot study assessed the effects of valence, semantic cues,
and arousal on memory for words belonging to emotional and non-emotional
categories. Experiment 1 tested 6 undergraduate students'
memories for 20 non-emotional words and 20 emotional words. An
80 word recognition test ( 40 previously shown, 40 new words) was
administered following a 3 min. distractor task of simple math
problems. The results indicated a ceiling effect and that the
experimental design was difficult to analyze. Experiment 2 tested 2
undergraduate students' memories for 100 words, 20 non-emotional
and 80 emotional. An identical distractor task and a 200 word
recognition test (100 previously shown, 100 new words) were
administered. The results were consistent with predictions based on
previous research but additional participants must be tested to
confirm statistical significance.
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