MOOD DEPENDENT MEMORY: COGNITIVE AND CLINICAL RESEARCH

情绪依赖性记忆：认知和临床研究

• 批准号: 2823401
• 负责人: Eric Eich
• 金额: $ 11.34万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-09-30 至 2002-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/2823401
• 关键词: Rorschach test; behavioral /social science research tag; bipolar depression; clinical research; cognition; cues; emotions; experience; human subject; judgment; long term memory; mental disorder diagnosis; mood disorders; perception; psychological models; self concept; short term memory; university student

Though it has sometimes been shown that events encoded in a certain state of affect or mood are most retrievable in that state, neither the circumstances under which mood dependent memory (MDM) occurs nor the mechanisms that enable its emergence are as yet well understood. In aid of clarifying these circumstances and mechanisms, this project pursues the problem of MDM from two points of view. One approach features laboratory studies involving exogenous or experimentally induced moods in university students. The aim here is to identify factors or variables that play pivotal roles in the occurrence of MDM. This approach is called "cognitive" because it focuses on factors-- such as short versus long retention intervals, judgements about the self versus others, and actual versus simulated moods--that are familiar to students of mainstream cognitive psychology, social cognition, or cognition/emotion interactions. A second approach concentrates on endogenous or naturally occurring moods in select clinical samples. Here the question of interest is whether it is possible to demonstrate MDM in people who experience marked shifts in mood as a consequence of a psychiatric disorder, such as rapid-cycling bipolar illness. By examining mood dependence from both a cognitive and a clinical perspective, the project seeks to (a) reduce much of the uncertainty that still surrounds the reality of MDM, (b) gain new insights into the phenomenon's cognitive and affective foundations, and (c) demonstrate the advantages of exploring mood dependence through experimentation that cuts across traditional research domains.

虽然有时有研究表明，在某种情感或情绪状态下编码的事件在这种状态下是最容易被检索到的，但情绪依赖记忆（MDM）发生的环境和使其出现的机制都还没有得到很好的理解。为了阐明这些情况和机制，本项目从两个角度探讨MDM问题。一种方法是对大学生进行外源性或实验诱导情绪的实验室研究。这里的目的是确定在MDM发生过程中起关键作用的因素或变量。这种方法被称为“认知”，因为它关注的是主流认知心理学、社会认知或认知/情感互动的学生所熟悉的因素，比如短时记忆间隔、对自我与他人的判断、真实情绪与模拟情绪。第二种方法集中在选择临床样本的内源性或自然发生的情绪。这里感兴趣的问题是，是否有可能在患有精神疾病（如快速循环双相情感障碍）的人身上证明MDM。通过从认知和临床两方面考察情绪依赖，该项目力求(a)减少围绕MDM现实的许多不确定性，(b)对这一现象的认知和情感基础获得新的见解，(c)通过跨越传统研究领域的实验来展示探索情绪依赖的优势。