Effects of emotion on memory specificity in young and older adults
Effects of emotion on memory specificity in young and older adults
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DOI：
10.1093/geronb/62.4.p208
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发表时间：
2007-07-01
影响因子：
6.2
通讯作者：
Schacter, Daniel L.
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作者：
Kensinger, Elizabeth A.;Garoff-Eaton, Rachel J.;Schacter, Daniel L.
为了研究情感内容如何影响视觉细节的记忆量，我们让年轻人和老年人研究中性、消极和积极的物体。在检索时，他们区分相同（相同）与相似（相同的语言标签，不同的视觉细节）和新的（未研究的）对象。对同一项目的相同反应表明对视觉细节的记忆（特定识别），而对相同或相似项目的相同或相似反应表明对一般类型物体的记忆（一般识别）。两个年龄组都表现出对阴性（非阳性）物体的特异性识别增强。年轻人的一般识别优势也仅限于消极的物体，而老年人则表现出对积极和消极物体的增强的一般识别。消极（非积极）内容增强了两个年龄段的记忆的视觉特异性，但积极内容只赋予老年人一般的记忆优势。
To examine how emotional content affects the amount of visual detail remembered, we had young and older adults study neutral, negative, and positive objects. At retrieval, they distinguished same (identical) from similar (same verbal label, different visual details) and new (nonstudied) objects. A same response to a same item indicated memory for visual details (specific recognition), whereas a same or similar response to a same or similar item signified memory for the general sort of object (general recognition). Both age groups showed enhanced specific recognition for negative (not positive) objects. Young adults' general recognition advantage also was restricted to negative objects, whereas older adults showed enhanced general recognition for positive and negative objects. Negative (not positive) content enhanced the visual specificity of memory in both ages, but positive content conferred a general memory advantage only for older adults.