Affect biases memory of location: Evidence for the spatial representation of affect
Affect biases memory of location: Evidence for the spatial representation of affect
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DOI：
10.1080/02699930500347794
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发表时间：
2006-12-01
影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
Murphy, Meghan E.
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作者：
Crawford, L. Elizabeth;Margolies, Skye M.;Murphy, Meghan E.
方位隐喻，将好与向上和坏与向下相关联，说明空间术语可以用来描述积极性和消极性。本工作研究了效价和垂直度之间的关联如何影响情绪唤起刺激的位置的记忆。在两个空间记忆实验中，参与者在不同的位置观看国际情感图片系统中的积极和消极图像，然后根据记忆再现每个图像的位置。结果表明，位置记忆受到刺激效价的影响，正性项目相对于负性项目向上偏置。第三个实验将这些结果扩展到与积极或消极行为描述配对的年鉴照片。研究结果表明，情感反应引起空间表征，导致空间记忆的系统性偏差。
Orientational metaphors that associate good with up and bad with down illustrate that spatial terms can be used to describe positivity and negativity The present work examined how the association between valence and verticality influences memory for the locations of emotionally evocative stimuli. In two spatial memory experiments, participants viewed positive and negative images from the International Affective Picture System in various locations and then reproduced each image's location from memory. Results indicated that memories of location are influenced by stimulus valence, such that positive items are biased upward relative to negative items. A third experiment extended these results to yearbook photos that had been paired with positive or negative behavioural descriptions. The findings suggest that affective responses evoke spatial representations, leading to systematic biases in spatial memory.