Abstract
Abstract
Emotional Enhancement of Memory for Music and Faces
By Melissa J. Auth
Participants listened to short musical excerpts that were paired
with the brief presentation of neutral faces at the conclusion of
each excerpt to examine the effects of emotional arousal on
declarative memory for music and incidentally presented faces.
Emotional arousal was assessed concurrently using subjective
ratings and psychophysiology. Memory for the musical excerpts and
faces was later tested with a recognition memory test that
additionally assessed separate components of recognition memory:
recollection and familiarity. Emotionally arousing musical
excerpts, like visual and verbal stimuli, show enhanced declarative
memory relative to neutral excerpts, and this effect was stronger
for recognition accompanied by recollection, rather than only
familiarity. Though memory levels for incidentally presented faces
was low for several subjects, an emotional enhancement of
recollection for face stimuli that had been initially experienced
during emotionally arousing music was also found, consistent with
predictions.
Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
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Methods
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Results
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Discussion........................................................................22
References
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Tables
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Figures............................................................................40
Appendix
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Appendix
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