Effects of Emotional Arousal on Multiple Memory Systems: Evidence from Declarative and Procedural Learning
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| Title: | Effects of Emotional Arousal on Multiple Memory Systems: Evidence from Declarative and Procedural Learning |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Anderson, Adam K., Steidl, Stephan, Mohi-uddin, Salwa |
| Source: | Learning & Memory. Sep-Oct 2006 13(5):650-658. |
| Availability: | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. 500 Sunnyside Boulevard, Woodbury, NY 11797-2924. Tel: 800-843-4388; 516-367-8800; Fax: 516-422-4097; e-mail: cshpres@cshl.edu; Web site: http://www.learnmem.org/ |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
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| Page Count: | 9 |
| Publication Date: | 2006 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Affective Measures, Experimental Psychology, Visual Stimuli, Recognition (Psychology), Weather, Prediction, Probability, Classification, Learning, Task Analysis, Retention (Psychology), Memory, Neurological Organization, Human Body |
| DOI: | 10.1101/lm.324406 |
| ISSN: | 1072-0502 |
| Abstract: | Extensive evidence documents emotional modulation of hippocampus-dependent declarative memory in humans. However, little is known about the emotional modulation of striatum-dependent procedural memory. To address how emotional arousal influences declarative and procedural memory, the current study utilized (1) a picture recognition and (2) a weather prediction (WP) task (a probabilistic classification learning task), which have been shown to rely on hippocampal- and striatum-based memory systems, respectively. Observers viewed arousing or neutral pictures after (Experiment 1) or during (Experiment 2) WP training trials. A 1-week delayed picture recognition memory test revealed enhanced declarative memory for arousing compared with neutral pictures. Arousal during encoding impaired initial WP acquisition but did not influence retention when tested after a 1-week delay. Data from a subsequent 3-months delayed test, however, suggested that arousal during acquisition may enhance remote WP retention. These results suggest a potential dissociation between how readily emotional arousal influences hippocampus-dependent and striatum-dependent memory systems in humans. |
| Abstractor: | Author |
| Number of References: | 43 |
| Entry Date: | 2007 |
| Accession Number: | EJ768009 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Extensive evidence documents emotional modulation of hippocampus-dependent declarative memory in humans. However, little is known about the emotional modulation of striatum-dependent procedural memory. To address how emotional arousal influences declarative and procedural memory, the current study utilized (1) a picture recognition and (2) a weather prediction (WP) task (a probabilistic classification learning task), which have been shown to rely on hippocampal- and striatum-based memory systems, respectively. Observers viewed arousing or neutral pictures after (Experiment 1) or during (Experiment 2) WP training trials. A 1-week delayed picture recognition memory test revealed enhanced declarative memory for arousing compared with neutral pictures. Arousal during encoding impaired initial WP acquisition but did not influence retention when tested after a 1-week delay. Data from a subsequent 3-months delayed test, however, suggested that arousal during acquisition may enhance remote WP retention. These results suggest a potential dissociation between how readily emotional arousal influences hippocampus-dependent and striatum-dependent memory systems in humans. |
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| ISSN: | 1072-0502 |
| DOI: | 10.1101/lm.324406 |
