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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > emotion-enhanced memory effect

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emotion-enhanced memory effect  

Definition

  • A memory phenomenon observed when memory is better for emotional than for neutral events.

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Entry terms

  • emotional enhancement
  • emotional enhancement of memory
  • emotional memory enhancement effect
  • emotion enhancement effect
  • enhanced emotional memory effect
  • memory enhancement effect of emotion

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Cross, Z. R., Santamaria, A., & Kohler, M. J. (2018). Attention and emotion-enhanced memory: A systematic review and meta-analysis of behavioural and neuroimaging evidence [Preprint]. Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1101/273920

    [Study type: literature review, meta-analysis / Access: open]
  • • Kensinger, E. A. (2009). Remembering the details: Effects of emotion. Emotion Review, 1(2), 99–113. https://doi.org/10.1177/1754073908100432

    [Study type: literature review / Access: open]
  • • Schümann, D., Joue, G., Jordan, P., Bayer, J., & Sommer, T. (2020). Test-retest reliability of the emotional enhancement of memory. Memory, 28(1), 49–59. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2019.1679837

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
  • • Schümann, D., & Sommer, T. (2018). Dissociable contributions of the amygdala to the immediate and delayed effects of emotional arousal on memory. Learning & Memory, 25(6), 283–293. https://doi.org/10.1101/lm.047282.117

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: free]
  • • Symeonidou, N., & Kuhlmann, B. G. (2022). Better memory for emotional sources? A systematic evaluation of source valence and arousal in source memory. Cognition and Emotion, 36(2), 300–316. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2021.2008323

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
  • • Talmi, D. (2013). Enhanced emotional memory: Cognitive and neural mechanisms. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 22(6), 430–436. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963721413498893

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

Dataset citation(s)

  • • Palombo, D., Wardell, V., Madan, C. R., Dev, D. K., Te, A., Checknita, K. J., & Petrucci, A. S. (2022, February 10). Negative Emotion Enhances Memory for the Sequential Unfolding of a Naturalistic Experience. https://osf.io/jw7e6
  • • Sommer, T. (2019, October 7). Test-Retest Reliability of the Emotional Enhancement of Memory. https://osf.io/k67mz
  • • Xie, W. (2019, July 3). Negative emotion enhances mnemonic precision and subjective feelings of remembering in visual long-term memory. https://osf.io/8c9gu

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