Emotion Strengthens High-Priority Memory Traces but Weakens Low-Priority Memory Traces

Psychological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 387-395

  Sakaki, Michiko ^a   Fryer, Kellie ^b   Mather, Mara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

arousal biased competition; emotional arousal; goal relevance; memory; top down attention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOM ALLOCATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893525338     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797613504784     Document Type: Article

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